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Taps: Godwin Kwai Tim Chun

Posted on Aug 30, 2014 in Taps

Godwin Kwai Tim Chun, 82, of Kaneohe, a retired Granny Goose Foods district manager and a National Guard veteran, passed away on July 20, 2014. He was born in Honolulu. He ...
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Taps: James Paul Lindsey

Posted on Aug 30, 2014 in Taps

James Paul Lindsey, 57, of Ewa Beach, a Matson Navigation warehouse man and an Army National Guard veteran, passed away on August 11, 2014 in the Queen’s Medical Center West. He ...
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The Hawaii Army National Guard (HIARNG) dedicated its new 29th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT) Readiness Center in Kalaeloa on August 2, 2014. Governor Neil Abercrombie, Brigadier General Joseph Kim, ...
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One Down, Two to Go

Posted on Aug 18, 2014 in Webmaster Comments

On Friday, August 15, 2014, Retiree News reached one of the three major goals set for 2014. Retiree News published its 1000th post – Check Six: Hawaii becomes the 50th State. It has ...
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Admissions Day is a state holiday that celebrates the day President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the proclamation welcoming Hawai‘i as the 50th state of the union. He unveils the new fifty-star ...
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Taps: Toshio Nagai

Posted on Aug 11, 2014 in Taps

Toshio Nagai, 75, of Kailua-Kona, an electronics technician for the U.S. Department of Defense, an employee for Avis Rent A Car, Jack Tours and KTA Super Stores Keauhou and a ...
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Team 808: Taste of Hawaii in DC

Posted on Aug 8, 2014 in 2010's, History

CMSgt Raquel Ramos submits reports and photographs of the activities of Hawai‘i National Guard members assigned to the National Guard Bureau and other locations in the Washington DC area. This ...
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Taps: Toshio Nagai

Posted on Aug 5, 2014 in Taps

Warren Oshiro relayed information from Shawn Nagai, daughter of Toshio Nagai, who recently passed. Toshi served with the 297th Air Traffic Control Squadron, both in Kailua-Kona and at Barbers Point. His ...
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Check Six: HIANG’s Beginning

Posted on Aug 3, 2014 in 1940's, Check Six

Sixty eight years ago, on August 3, 1946, an Executive Order of Governor Ingram M. Stainback established the Hawai‘i Air National Guard. Four Army Air Force units were accepted: The ...
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The first 199th Fighter (Interceptor) Squadron patch was designed by First Lieutenant Wade H. McVay, Jr. The patch presented the mythical war god, ” Kūkā‘ilimoku,” a symbol of fearlessness, valor ...
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