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Command Sergeant Major James K. Kahalehoe Jr.

July 2, 2025

Command Sergeant Major James K. Kahalehoe Jr. graduated from Roosevelt High School in June of 1969. After graduation he left Hawaii July 4, 1969, with the last of the all-Hawaii Company to be sent to Fort Ord, Calif. for 12 weeks…

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Colonel Perry M. Smoot

May 29, 2025

Born April 22nd 1882, Washington D.C. Died December 31st 1959 Wilmington, Delaware Educated in the Washington public schools in Columbian (now George Washington) University. He became a salesman and arrived in Hawaii in November 1912 to manage an automotive parts…

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Major John W. Short

May 29, 2025

Born 1864? Died October 2nd 1931 Honolulu Short arrived in Hawaii about the end of 1893. He enlisted as a full time member of the National Guard in January 1894. He was later employed in the custom house by the…

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Colonel William D. Potter

May 29, 2025

Born June 16th 1878, Manchester, NH Died not known Potter served in the US infantry during the Spanish American war and in the quartermaster corps from 1919 to 1920. He was a public School Teacher and Superintendent and a Businessman…

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Colonel Harry S. Hayward

May 29, 2025

Born September 5th 1882 Pomena, California Died July 7th 1938 Honolulu, Hawaii Hayward arrived in Hawaii in 1910 to work for the Hawaiian star, and after it amalgamated, he was employed by the Honolulu Star-Bulletin from 1912 to 1928. He…

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Colonel Willard Wayne

May 29, 2025

Wayne arrived in Hawaii in April 1913 to be City Editor Honolulu Star-Bulletin. He left this in 1915 to direct the Mid-Pacific Carnival. He was with the Territorial Department of Public Works from May 1915. In 1916 he became secretary…

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Brigadier General Samuel I. Johnson

May 29, 2025

Born Dec. 4, 1873, Odessa Russia Died Feb. 24, 1948, San Francisco, Calif. Brig. Gen. Johnson was born in Odessa Russia and educated in military schools. He served three years in the Cossack Calvary and one year in the Russian…

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Colonel John W. Jones

May 29, 2025

Col. John W. Jones arrived in Hawaii about 1892 and is listed in the city directory 1892 -1893 as a shorthand reporter, Supreme Court. He continues to be listed in a court stenographer and reporter until 1910, when he is…

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Brigadier General John H. Soper

May 29, 2025

Brig. Gen. John H. Soper was born on Nov. 17, 1846 in Plymouth, England. He moved to the U.S. as a child and was educated in Chicago at the Illinois Normal School. In pursuit of new opportunities, he arrived in…

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Brigadier General Thomas S. Ito

February 13, 2025

Brig. Gen. Thomas S. Ito assumed duties as the Assistant Division Commander, 29th Infantry Brigade, Hawaii Army National Guard, in 1976. On a full-time basis, he was the Deputy Adjutant General, Department of Defense, State of Hawaii. Ito was commissioned…

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Major General Bryan E. Suntheimer

February 13, 2025

SOURCE OF COMMISSIONED SERVICE  OCS EDUCATIONAL DEGREES Chaminade University of Honolulu - BA - Business Administration U.S. Army War College - MSS - Strategic Studies MILITARY SCHOOLS ATTENDED Advanced Joint Professional Military Education (AJPME) Army Senior Leader Development Program-Basic (ASLDP-B)…

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Command Sergeant Major William L. Duncan

February 10, 2025

Command Sergeant Major William L. Duncan, Jr. was born on Sept. 16 1927 and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. He entered the army in august 1946.  Upon completion of service with the army, Duncan enlisted in the Hawaii Army National Guard's…

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