1980’s

In the mid 80s, the Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 1 Battalion, 299th Infantry (Maui) were training at the Pohakuloa Training Area when this photograph was taken. click on photograph to enlarge MAJ Thomas E. Weeks, LTC Edward R. Cruickshank (Cdr),...

The Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 1 Battalion-299 Infantry (Maui) went to Fort Lewis, Washington for training in September 1983. With Mount Rainer in the background, some of the soldiers took time to have a photograph taken. TOP: MAJ George T....

The photo above was taken at the 1984 Hawai‘i Army National Guard Officer Candidate School graduation. From left to right: Colonel Irwin Cockett, the Hawai‘i Army National Guard commander, Second Lieutenants John Kakazu, Kent Tsutsumi, Stephen Logan, Major General Alexis Lum,...

CPT Gary Hara administers the oath of enlistment to Kenneth. In the background, Dennis, LTC Henry Hara, mother Janet, and Larry In this photo taken on May 4, 1984, then Captain Gary Hara administers the enlistment oath to his youngest...

Ted Merrill was the 154th Wing’s historian in the Hawai‘i Air National Guard.  He sent in a DVD with a lot of HIANG historical material.  Here’s a photo from that DVD. From left to right: Byron Kim, Charles Bell, Dennis Taira and...

In 1981, some members of the  Hawai‘i Army National Guard’s 292nd Supply & Service Company posed for a photo at the Pōhakuloa Training Area. Third from the left is then CPT Gervin Miyamoto and MAJ Emerick Kaneshi on the far right. Retiree...