Last week, Retiree News posted a photograph of the 120th Military Police Company, Hawaii Army National Guard. Over the weekend, a unit member emailed his memories of the unit and ...
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1950’s
Aaron Pollick continues do an outstanding job on his Hawaii Army National Guard – Historical Facebook page. A recent post shows a 1950 photograph of the advanced ROTC cadets of the ...
Read More 1950 University of Hawai’i ROTC Yearbook
From the This Day in Aviation website 27 December 1951: The North American Aviation XFJ-2B Fury, Bu. No. 133756, made its first flight at Los Angeles International Airport with test ...
Read More Check Six: December 27, 1951
Armament specialists of the Hawai‘i Air National Guard train to load the .50-caliber machine guns used in the F-47 Thunderbolts or “Jug” that made up the bulk of the early ...
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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 ...
Read More Check Six – 1959: Hawaii becomes the 50th State
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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click on photograph to enlarge Check Six: a pilot’s term meaning look behind you. At the table from the left: Nick Teves, Lloyd Seki, Sancho Espina, Nelson “Nellie” Lee, ...
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This B-26C ‘Invader‘ belonged to the 199th Fighter Squadron of the Hawai’i Air National Guard. The 199 FS flew these aircraft from 1946 until the early 1950s. Note the “TH” markings ...
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