{"id":37577,"date":"2019-03-25T08:08:31","date_gmt":"2019-03-25T18:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/retireenews.org\/?p=37577"},"modified":"2025-05-21T21:09:20","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T21:09:20","slug":"check-six-royal-guard-in-washington-dc-54-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/2019\/03\/25\/check-six-royal-guard-in-washington-dc-54-years-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"Check Six &#8211; 1965: Royal Guard in Washington DC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><em>Special Thanks to <strong>Michael Guerrero<\/strong> for sending this photograph to Retiree News. His grandfather <strong>Howard Guerrero<\/strong> served in the Hawaii Air National Guard.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/files\/2019\/03\/royal-guard.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/files\/2019\/03\/royal-guard.png?w=497\" alt=\"These Hawaii Air National Guard Airmen, members of the Royal Guard were in Washington, D.C. for President Lyndon Johnson\u2019s inauguration. The Royal Guard marked in the Presidential inauguration parade on\u00a0January 20, 1965.\" class=\"wp-image-37579\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><em>Family Photograph used by permission<\/em><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These Hawaii Air National Guard Airmen, members of the Royal Guard were in Washington, D.C. for President Lyndon Johnson\u2019s inauguration. The Royal Guard marked in the Presidential inauguration parade on&nbsp;January 20, 1965.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the photograph are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Standing (L-R):&nbsp;<strong>T<span style=\"color: #000080;\">heodore Hussey <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(S<em>upply<\/em>)<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Loui McCabe&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span>(<em>150 ACWS<\/em>), <strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Herbert Panoke<\/span>&nbsp;<\/strong>(<em>Security Police<\/em>), <strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Samuel Saffery<\/span>&nbsp;<\/strong>(<em>Flightline<\/em>), <span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Howard Guerrero,&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Sr.<\/span>&nbsp;<\/strong>(<em>Ground Comm<\/em>)<strong>, <span style=\"color: #000080;\">Leslie Ing<\/span>&nbsp;<\/strong>(<em>Sheetmetal<\/em>), <strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">George Ah Chong<\/span>&nbsp;<\/strong>(Engine), <strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Gordon Lum<\/span>&nbsp;<\/strong>(<em>MG10 (radar)<\/em>), <strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Harry Awana<\/span>&nbsp;<\/strong>(<em>Maintenance Control<\/em>), <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hiram_Fong\">Senator Hiram Fong<\/a><\/span>, <strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Randall Lum<\/span>&nbsp;<\/strong>(<em>Weapons<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kneeling: <strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Larry Keahi<\/span>&nbsp;<\/strong>(<em>Sheetmetal<\/em>), <strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Paul Kealoha<\/span>&nbsp;<\/strong>(<em>Flightline<\/em>), <strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Calvin Mann<\/span>&nbsp;<\/strong>(<em>Admin<\/em>), <strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Richard Puaa<\/span>&nbsp;<\/strong>(<em>Flightline<\/em>), <strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Sonny Lee<\/span>&nbsp;<\/strong>(<em>AGE<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The current Royal Guard were created in 1962, a unit is made up of&nbsp;Hawaii Air National Guardsmen, who are either full&nbsp;Hawaiian&nbsp;or part-Hawaiian ancestry. The Royal Guard is ceremonial unit only and serves the Governor, for official State functions and other public functions, and descendants of the Hawaiian royalty for ceremonial functions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/retireenews.org\/2013\/12\/27\/the-royal-guard-at-50-2\/\">An earlier Retiree News post on the road Guard at 50 years<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><em>Thanks for <strong>Randall Lum<\/strong> and <strong>Billy Chang<\/strong>&nbsp;who helped identify the airmen in the photograph.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:10px\"><em>The appearance of external hyperlinks did not constitute endorsement by Retiree News, this included the linked websites, information, products, or services contained therein. Retiree News did not exercise any editorial control over the information you may find at these locations. Additionally, some of the sites linked to may limit the number of stories you can access without a paid subscription. All links were provided with the intent of meeting the mission of Retiree News.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Special Thanks to Michael Guerrero for sending this photograph to Retiree News. His grandfather Howard Guerrero served in the Hawaii Air National Guard. These Hawaii Air National Guard Airmen, members of the Royal Guard were in Washington, D.C. for President Lyndon Johnson\u2019s inauguration. The Royal Guard marked in the Presidential inauguration parade on&nbsp;January 20, 1965. 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