Check Six – 1950: Fort Ruger Orderly Room

Posted on Feb 5, 2022 in 1950's, Check Six

This undated photograph is from the April 1950 issue of the Hawaii Guardsman, forerunner of the current Pupukahi enewsletter. The caption said:

New orderly room of Headquarters Detachment, Hawaii National Guard at Fort Ruger. Sitting; MSgt Theodore Hussey. Standing: PVT Masao Abe.

Theodore Hussey later transferred to the Hawaii Air National Guard. In 1963, he became the first Kapena Moku (Captain) of the newly reorganized Royal Guard.


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