During the American Revolutionary War, the Badge for Military Merit decorated six known soldiers. Purple Heart Day on August 7 commemorates the creation of the oldest American military decoration for ...
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Father’s Day in the United States is on the third Sunday of June. It celebrates the contribution that fathers and father figures make for their children’s lives. There are a ...
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Earlier Retiree News posted a photograph featuring four maintenance retirees, David “Snake” Snakenberg, Craig Harimoto, James Akau, and Kenneth Morimoto. Several Retiree News followers emailed about Snake’s physical appearance, asking if he was ill. After ...
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The first celebration of the U.S. Flag’s birthday was held in 1877 on the 100th anniversary of the Flag Resolution of 1777. However, it is believed that the first annual ...
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The addition of the United States Space Force (USSF). The Space Force was established on December 20, 2019 and will be stood-up over the next 18 months. They join the existing ...
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From the USO website Armed Forces Day is celebrated on the third Saturday in May, and it is the day Americans celebrate their military. In 2020, it falls on Saturday, ...
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2020 Memorial Day services. Sad to report that Mayor Kirk Caldwell’s ceremony at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific and Governor David Ige’s ceremony at the Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery are cancelled. In talking ...
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The onslaught of news related to the COVID-19 pandemic continues, and the following articles are of interest to Retiree News readers. What are “mild” symptoms of Covid-19? Early analysis indicates that ...
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Soldiers Returned to Hawai‘i After Deployment. The 1st Battalion, 487th Field Artillery return home yesterday from a year-long deployment in Afghanistan and Iraq. About 300 Soldiers arrived on a chartered flight ...
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The onslaught of news related to the COVID-19 pandemic continues, and the following articles are of interest to Retiree News readers. Yesterday, the Star Advertiser printed a “Island Voices” article ...
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