{"id":1608,"date":"2021-11-12T13:46:13","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T23:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/ovs\/?p=1608"},"modified":"2026-09-15T11:36:26","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T21:36:26","slug":"wwii-memorial-plaque-installation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/ovs\/news-release\/wwii-memorial-plaque-installation\/","title":{"rendered":"News Release: WWII Memorial Plaque Installation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">November 11, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WHEN: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Friday, November 12, 2021, 10:00AM<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WHAT:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; WWII Memorial Plaque Installation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WHO:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;MG Kenneth S. Hara, Comptroller Curt Otaguro, invited WWII Veterans and their families representing all past and present WII Veterans, the State Advisory Board on Veterans Services, the National Association of Letter Carriers and the American Legion<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The State Department of Defense in conjunction with the State Office of Veterans\u2019 Services will honor and recognize the service and sacrifice of the service men and woman who made the ultimate sacrifice for our liberties and freedom during World War II.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The plaque is prominently located in Honolulu on King Street at Punchbowl Street near the statue of King Kamehameha and across the street from Iolan`i Palace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Col (Ret) Ronald Han, USAF, Dir. State Office of Veterans\u2019 Services will provide the welcome message followed by a prayer from American Legion Chaplain Michele Hauser.&nbsp; There will be 3 guest speakers, MG Kenneth S. Hara, Adjutant General, State of Hawai`i, Chief Master Sgt. (Ret) Bridget Komine, Chair, State Advisory Board on Veterans Services and Howard Komine, Representing the National Association of Letter Carriers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Attached is the program from the event and photos of the event for your use. Photos provided by the Office of Veterans\u2019 Services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiioimt-my.sharepoint.com\/:f:\/g\/personal\/jayme_e_nagamine_hawaii_gov\/EtxRTweym_ZEpB4JC3QRCKMBm2iXVde3kx17zhrIkCV2Dg?e=m4hBQo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WWII Plaque Photos<\/a> &#8211; Link Expires Dec. 12, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/ovs\/files\/2021\/11\/WWII-Monument-Re-Dedication-1-Sheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WWII Monument Program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>###<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Media contact:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jayme Nagamine<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Information Specialist<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 11, 2021 WHEN: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Friday, November 12, 2021, 10:00AM WHAT:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; WWII Memorial Plaque Installation WHO:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;MG Kenneth S. Hara, Comptroller Curt Otaguro, invited WWII Veterans and their families representing all past and present WII Veterans, the State Advisory Board on Veterans Services, the National Association of Letter Carriers and the American Legion The State Department [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"1338,1534,2026,2491,388,403","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-release"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/ovs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/ovs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/ovs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/ovs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/ovs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1608"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/ovs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3434,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/ovs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1608\/revisions\/3434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/ovs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/ovs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/ovs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}