1940’s

(Pictures from 1941-1942 Annual Report) The year ending June 30, 1942, finds our great nation at war, the Hawaii National Guard still in Federal service, and the Hawaii Territorial Guard ("Home Guard") organized and activated on December 7, 1941, and…

In February 1903 an amendment to the War Department Appropriations Bill established the National Matches, provided funding to support said Matches, and commissioned the National Trophy. This legislation grew out of a desire to improve military marksmanship. By April Army…

Combat PFC Haruo Kawamoto PVT Albert G. Kawata PVT Satoshi Kaya PVT Stephen M. Kaya PFC Masaicbi C. Katsuda PFC Haruo Kawamoto PFC Toshio Kawamoto PFC Yutaka Kawamoto PVT Kikumatsu F. Kawanishi PVT Tetsuo Kawano PFC Yasuo Kawano PVT: Albert…

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75 YEARS OF HISTORY In the summer of 1942, 1406 enlisted men and 28 officers of Japanese ancestry were transferred from the Guard and organized into the 100th Battalion, later to become the Army's most decorated unit. Following the war,…

Royal T. Frank survivors celebrate 53rd reunion "The Torpedo Gang" -- (Front row, left to right) George Taketa, Yoshio Ogomori, Shigeru Ushijima, Haruo Yamashita, (back row) Shizuo Toma, John R. Souza and Takimaru Takamoto. Guard vets remember lost shipmates page…

By order of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the National Guard of Hawaii was again ordered into active service in October 1940 and was on duty at Schofield when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The first Japanese…

1940 7th-27th July State (Territorial) Staff and Detachment: The State (Territorial) Staff and Detachment, consisting of 6 officers and 18 enlisted men, held twenty-one days of field training from July 7 to 27, 1940, inclusive, at the Honolulu Armory. The…

C-130 HERCULES. 1983-Present. The Hercules is the workhorse of the Air Force, reliable and dependable KC-135 STRATOTANKER 1993-Present. The Stratotanker is our "gas station" in the sky, giving the Air Force and Air National Guard flexibility. (Pictures from the Five…

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…

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…