From the Bishop Museum Facebook page On Saturday, March 15, 1969, the Hawaiʻi State Capitol building was dedicated in a ceremony attended by 3,500 people. Groundbreaking took place on November 10, 1965, after about half of the site was cleared…
Read MoreRetiree News Photograph This photograph, dated August 29, 2005, shows Kristen (Higgins) Stanley, Kathleen Berg, and Susan Higgins. Kathy Berg was promoted to brigadier general, a first in the Hawaii Air National Guard. This photograph was taken at the reception that…
Read MoreRetiree News photograph This photograph is from Stanley “Ossum” Osserman‘s brigadier general promotion ceremony. The ceremony took place on October 20, 2008 at the Governor’s Ceremonial Room at the Hawaii State Capitol. In this photograph are (L-R): James Faumuina, Stanley Sato,…
Read MoreRetiree News photograph This photograph is from Stanley "Ossum" Osserman's brigadier general promotion ceremony. The ceremony took place on October 20, 2008 at the Governor's Ceremonial Room at the Hawaii State Capitol. In the photograph (L-R) are: Blossom Logan, Robert…
Read MoreRetiree News photograph This photograph was taken on May 8, 2012 at the Governor’s Ceremonial Room at the Hawai‘i State Capitol. It was Braden “Mongo” Sakai‘s brigadier general promotion ceremony. Among the attendees were then-Col Dann and Sherilyn Carlson and…
Read MoreRetiree News photograph This photograph is from Stanley "Ossum" Osserman's brigadier general promotion ceremony. The ceremony took place on October 20, 2008 at the Governor's Ceremonial Room at the Hawaii State Capitol. In the photograph (L-R) are: Jospeh Kim, Dennis…
Read MoreRetiree News photograph In the photograph are (L-R): Gervin Miyamoto, Melvin “Humphrey” Souza, Michael "Boss" Tice, John "Saigon" Lee, and Harold "Shaka" Schatz. Saigon commanded the 154th Composite Group from August 1978 through December 1989. Boss served as the 154th…
Read MoreRetiree News photograph In the photograph are (L-R): Neal Yonamine, Jason Matsuoka, Timothy Fujino, and Zachary Chang. This photograph was taken on May 8, 2012 at the Governor’s Ceremonial Room at the Hawaii State Capitol. It was Braden “Mongo” Sakai‘s brigadier…
Read MoreRetiree News photograph Joseph Kim's brigadier general promotion ceremony was on January 8, 2010. It was held at the Governor's Ceremonial Room at the State Capitol. Among the many guests that day were Clinton "Church" Churchill, James "Bat" Drake, Michael…
Read MoreStanley "Ossum" Osserman's effective date of promotion to brigadier general was September 13, 2008. Governor Linda Lingle officiated his promotion ceremony in the governor's ceremonial room on October 20, 2008. After his military retirement in 2014, He became the Director…
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