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Photograph courtesy of Erik Wong This photograph showing Reynold Hioki and Miles Tamura working at the Pearl City Hongwanji bon dance. Both Reynold and Miles retired from the 201st Combat Communications Group. Reynold was running the recorded dance songs from…

There were many current and retired military members at COL Tracey Omori’s pinning ceremony.

I went to visit Ken Wicks today.  It has been maybe over three years since I last saw him and Joyce.  Don't pay too much attention to our belt lines as we had just finished having some yummy number neung…

The Hawai‘i Air National Guard featured a Hawaiian musical group called the HANG Ohana.  The musicians and dancers evolved over the years, but they entertained at organization events to everyone’s enjoyment.   This photo shows an after work practice on the…

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…

CMSgt Denise Jelinski-Hall gets a wall dedicated at the National Woman's Memorial Museum. The Chief is close to the end of her tour as the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chief of the National Guard Bureau. During her Air Force…

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…

This B-26C 'Invader' belonged to the 199th Fighter Squadron of the Hawai’i Air National Guard. The 199 FS flew these aircraft from 1946 until the early 1950s. Note the "TH" markings for 'Territory Of  Hawai’i" and the original 199 FS “Kūkā‘ilimoku”…

This is a photo of then LT Theodore "Ted" Daligdig on the right, taken in sometime in the early 1960s. Click on the photo to enlarge it. Can anyone identify the other two soldiers in the photo? Ted served many…