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Taps: Robert “Bobby” Choi Update

Posted on Sep 4, 2015 in Taps

Photographs taken from the HIANG 25 published booklet in 1971 Bobby was the last surviving charter member of the Hawaii Air National Guard from 1947. He has the distinction of ...
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Taps: Antone G. Bento

Posted on Sep 3, 2015 in Taps

Antone G. Bento, 101, of Honolulu, a Hawaii County lead painter, an Army veteran who served with Company C, 298th Infantry Regiment, and recipient of the Good Conduct Medal and ...
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Taps: Albert John DeMotta Sr.

Posted on Sep 2, 2015 in Taps

Aug. 27, 2015Albert John DeMotta Sr., 81, of Pepeekeo, Hawai‘i, a retiree from the former Hilo Coast Processing Co. in Pepeekeo and a Hawai‘i Army National Guard veteran, passed away on ...
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Taps: Jackson Yorio “Jack” Hamamura

Posted on Aug 28, 2015 in Taps

Aug. 10, 2015Jackson Yorio “Jack” Hamamura, 86, of Kekaha, Kaua‘i, a veteran of the Army, Air Force and Hawai‘i Air National Guard, passed away in Salem, Oregon on August 10, 2015. He was ...
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Taps: David Francis Meyer

Posted on Aug 27, 2015 in Taps

David Francis Meyer, 97, of Hilo, formerly of Laupahoehoe, Hawaii, a retired truck driver for the former Hamakua Sugar Plantation and an Army private first class with the 1st Regiment, ...
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Gilbert Silva “Papa Gil” Sampaia, 87, of Hilo, a retired Hilo Hospital general maintenance department employee and a retired Hawaii Army National Guard sergeant, passed away on August 23, 2015. ...
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Taps: Lawrence K.K. Mun

Posted on Aug 24, 2015 in Taps

Lawrence K.K. Mun, age 83 of Pearl City passed away on July 18, 2015 at Pali Momi Hospital. Retired after 38 years in Civil Service and 40 years with the ...
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Taps: Primo Rivera Menor

Posted on Aug 23, 2015 in Taps

Primo Rivera Menor, 78, of Waipahu, a former employee of Consolidated Theaters at Kam Drive-In and a Hawaii Army National Guard veteran, passed away on August 15, 2015. He was ...
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Taps: Herbert Shunji Okamoto

Posted on Aug 18, 2015 in Taps

Herbert Shunji Okamoto, 74, of Kaneohe, a retired Air National Guard radar technician and an Air Force veteran, passed away on August 1, 2015 at home He was born in Honolulu. ...
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Taps: Robert “Bobby” Choi

Posted on Aug 13, 2015 in Taps

Retiree News received the sad news this afternoon that CMSgt Robert “Bobby” Choi passed away on Tuesday of natural causes.  He was a month short of his 96th birthday. Bobby was ...
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