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January 2025

1982 Hurricane Iwa Response

January 2, 2025

Iwa takes its toll Guard moves into action COVER PHOTO-Hurricane lwa as seen on a 169th ACW Sq. radar screen. Maj. Steven Berg took the picture when the eye was 200 miles southwest of Kauai. GUARD LOSSES-Officials evaluate losses at...

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1952 Haleakala Fire Response

January 2, 2025

Operations. The only need for active duty operations by Hawaii National Guard units during the year occurred on Maui. Drought conditions in the Kula district on the slopes of Haleakala resulted in a dangerous situation when a forest fire broke...

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1978-2009 Operation Green Har­vest

January 2, 2025

Aviators help in Green Harvest Hawaii Army National Guard helicopters transport police task force personnel in a recent Green Harvest operation. - Hawaii National Guard Photo. (Picture from the 1978 December Pūpūkahi) Nearly 22,000 pounds of marijuana were confiscated on...

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1977 Kilauea Volcano Eruption Response

January 2, 2025

Guard supports CD as Pele's wrath threatens by Sp4 Milton Imada and Sp5 Dennis Fujii117th Pub. Affairs Det. Kalapana, a sleepy seaside community on the Big Island, suddenly came alive on Sept. 15, 1977. An unexpected surge of volcanic activity...

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1975 Hawaii State Prison Support 

January 2, 2025

The Hawaii National Guard's ability to accomplish its assigned State mission was evident when in February and March of 1975, Guard units were ordered to State active service by the Governor to provide assistance at the Hawaii State Prison. The...

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1973 Hawaii State Prison Support

January 2, 2025

The Hawaii Army National Guard was called to support civil authorities and restore order twice at the Hawaii State Prison. The operations, in October and November 1973, were accomplished without any major violence or confrontations. A total of 621 guardsmen...

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1958-1969 Nike-Hercules Mission

January 2, 2025

The 298th Arty Group (Air Defense) will train primarily at its Sand Island and East Range Nike-Hercules training sites during August 1960 utilizing Nike-Hercules equipment. Training stressed battery drills to include Operational Readiness Inspection, tracking missions, and Air Defense Exercises...

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1946 Formation of the Hawaii Air National Guard

January 2, 2025

SOME OF THE FIRST HANGmen AT BELLOWS FIELD, 23 November 1946. Seated: 1st Lt George R. Duncan, 1st Lt Walter F. Judd, 1st Lt John L. Perry, unknown, 1st Lt David L. Withington, 1st Lt Russell L. Smith, Capt Charles...

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1940-1946 Federal Service

January 2, 2025

1940-1946 The Hawaiʻi National Guard's is Federalized for World War II As tensions grew in Europe and the Pacific, President Franklin D. Roosevelt mobilized the nation’s citizen-soldiers. Executive Order No. 8551 (Sept. 25, 1940) called the Hawaiʻi National Guard into...

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1930 S. S. City of Honolulu Fire

January 2, 2025

14, During the fiscal year the Hawaii NationaI Guard did not engage in any active duty. Appoximently 60 guardsmen responded to the call of The Adjutant General to assist fighting fire on the s. s. City of Honolulu. These Guardsmen acted as relief fireman,...

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1918 Federal Service

January 2, 2025

Machine Gun Company, First Hawaiian Infantry, enroute from Camp McCarthy at Iolani Palace Grounds to Mobilization Camp at Fort Armstrong, Oahu, June, 1918. Military - National Guard after 1900 Military - National Guard after 1900 Military - National Guard after...

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1915-1918 Naval Militia

January 2, 2025

Naval Militia 1915 - 1918 During these intensive activities of recruitment and expansion of the Guard, another organization to demand some of the manpower of the Territory had been authorized and was now being brought into being. During the legislative...

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