Retiree Update: Kazuo “Lefty” Yamamoto

Posted on Jun 2, 2017 in Retiree Update

Thanks to Bill Chang for emailing this photograph of Kazuo “Lefty” Yamamoto taken in the Navy Exchange.

Lefty’s last assignment was the Director of Personnel at Headquarters, Hawaii Air National Guard. He retired as a colonel in the 1990s.

A traditional Guardmember, Lefty worked to the State of Hawaii, Department of Human Resources Development (DHRD). He served as Chief of the Labor Relations Division.

In talking to Billy, Lefty said he spends time playing golf and traveling.


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