Check Six – 2006: HIANG 60 Celebrants

Posted on Nov 4, 2021 in 2000's, Check Six
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This photograph shows John “Saigon” Lee, Judy and Robert Maguire. They were attending the HIANG 60 Celebration at the Sheraton Waikīkī on September 17, 2006 The event celebrated the Hawai‘i Air National Guard’s Federal Recognition on November 4, 1946. The theme of the HIANG 60 celebration was “A History of Excellence, A Future Unlimited”

Saigon was a fighter pilot with the 199th Fighter Squadron for many years. He was the 154th Composite Group commander when he retired in 1989.

Bob Maguire served since the 1940s and retired in 1976 after serving as the HIANG commander. He passed in 2018. HIs biography

It is unfortunate that there is no HIANG 75 celebration this year.


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