Community Focus – MIS Veterans of Hawaii Installs its 2020 Officers
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Spotlight – World War II AJA Veterans Remembered in Punchbowl Service
DIALOGUE By Karleen C. Chinen
Nisei Veterans – GO FOR BROKE MONUMENT 22ND ANNIVERSARY
June 5: Virtual Tribute Recognized Japanese American WWII Military Service
Janis Tanji Wong
Vice President of Development & Strategic Initiatives GFBNEC
On Saturday, June 5, 2021, the Go For Broke National Education Center premiered its live broadcast...
AJA Veterans – THREE AJA SOLDIERS UNDER REVIEW FOR MEDAL OF HONOR
Gregg K. Kakesako
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
Nineteen Hawai‘i-born residents, 13 of them Japanese Americans, have been honored with the simple sky-blue Medal of Honor – the country’s highest award for valor under fire in...
“Mighty Men of Valor”
Editor’s note: The U.S. Army and the U.S. Navy faced each other on June 22 — but the venue was not a football field. Rather, it was the Pömaika‘i Ballroom at the Dole Cannery....
Rememberance – REMEMBERING AKIRA OTANI
Karleen Chinen
Commentary
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
In those sweet pre-pandemic days that we can barely remember now, one of my favorite stops every so often was the United Fishing Agency office, located a few yards...
Sidebar: HUOA: Irei no Hi in Hawai‘i Set for June 22
The Hawaii United Okinawa Association will livestream a commemoration of Irei no Hi, or Okinawa’s Memorial Day, on Monday, June 22, on its Facebook page and YouTube channel from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Nisei Veterans’ Legacy – How Will We Remember Our Nisei Veterans?
Editor’s note: Earlier this year, outgoing MIS Veterans Club of Hawaii president George Arine asked me to be the speaker at the club’s New Year’s gathering at the Natsunoya Tea House. With an issue to send to press every other week, my initial thought was to politely decline. But as the days went by, giving....
AJA Veterans – “All the People, All the Time …”
Tom Coffman Published with Permission Editor’s note: Historian, author and documentary filmmaker Tom Coffman was the keynote speaker for the 13th annual Joint Memorial Service, organized by the Nisei Veterans Legacy. The service was held Sept. 30 at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl and was attended by approximately 15 World War....
Community Focus – Hawaii Island AJA Veterans Group Offers Scholarships
The Hawaii Island AJA Veterans Legacy Association is accepting applications for up to two $1,000 scholarships that will be awarded to graduating seniors who plan to continue their post high school education this fall. The scholarships are funded by the Hawaii Island AJA Veteran Legacy Association, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit community organization dedicated to honoring and....