487th Field Artillery (1/487 FA)

Off the Hawaii Adjutant General Facebook page On Monday, February 19, the 34th Annual Great Aloha Run started at 7:00 a.m. The official start was a cannon round fired by Aloha Battery, 1-487th Field Artillery. MG Arthur “Joe” Logan, the...

Lynn Wakong Ching passed away on May 13, 2017 at the age of 70. He was the only son of Allen and Lydy Ching. Lynn graduated from Kalani High School, Class of 1963. When Lynn's Army National Guard unit was...

William Pahowai Haalilio, age 80, of Pearl City, passed away April 2, 2016 in Honolulu. Born January 16, 1936 in Opihali, South Kona. He was a Korean and Vietnam War veteran and retired as Sergeant First-Class in the U.S. Army....

Contributing editor Stephen Lum provided this article and the photographs for this Retiree News post. Wahiawa Armory named after first 487th Field Artillery commander click on photographs to enlarge The Hawai‘i Army National Guard’s Wahiawa Armory, originally built in 1958, was named...

My Back Pages: 1985 - 30 years ago, published last week was a photograph with then Lieutenant Gary Littlefield with two unidentified solders. Retiree News asked if anyone could identify the other two soldiers in the photograph. Naomi Enriquez-Soraoka emailed...

Contributing editor Stephen Lum forwarded this photograph toRetiree News.  The photograph shows BG Eugene Imai presenting a very young Shawn Tsuha a medal. Steve reports the presentation ceremony was in the quad at the 487th Field Artillery in Wahiawā. Related post: http://wp.me/p3639O-2FC

John Damien Kamakaokalani Worthington, 54, of ‘Ewa, an O‘ahu Transit Services planner analyst, passed away at Hospice Hawai‘i Kailua Home on October 5, 2014. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Kwang Chi, sons John D.K. Jr. and James R.,...

Mark Tadao Shiraishi, 58, of Honolulu, a retired Island Movers supervisor and a Hawaii Army National Guard veteran, passed away on May 22, 2014 in the Queen’s Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Debbie,...