pūpūkahi

“Harmoniously United”

The pūpūkahi which means “United, or forward to obtain progress” was named by Mrs. Betty Hutchison a typist at the 159^th Service Battalion. Her entry was selected from a list of 86 entries by a panel of judges including: Mr. John Butchart, Vice Director of Civil Defense; Col. Walter Judd, Executive Officer HIANG; Col. Paul Nakamura Chief of Staff HIARNG; Command Sgt. Maj. Mitsuo Kobayashi HIARNG; Chief Master Sgt. Clifford Chee HIANG; and Mrs. Jeanett Yoshimori.

Prior to the renaming in 1974 the newsletter was called The Hawaii Guardsmen. Since then the pūpūkahi ran as a print publication until 2009. The pūpūkahi was restarted as the digital version we see today in 2015.