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The Hawaii congressional delegation has introduced bills in the House of Representatives and Senate to provide for the reunification of Filipino veterans and their families. See: http://hanabusa.house.gov/press-release/hanabusa-introduces-filipino-veterans-family-reunification-act and...

Thank you for posting the photo of Senator Dole at the funeral. He was taken in to the Capitol on a wheel chair, but told Sen. Reid that he wanted to walk to Senator Inouye's casket. In an alcove, Senator Dole stood up and walked with his wife to the rotunda. "And Dole, held by his wife...

Yes, he reminded Col. North that it was the United States of America he served, not the politicians.

Hawaii and the nation lost Daniel K. Inouye last week Monday, December 17, 2012 at the age of 88 years. In World War II he was a Captain in the 442 Regimental Combat Team where he earned the Congressional Medal of Honor, the Bronze Star and Purple Heart. In engagement in Italy with German...

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Tin, You can join the Zeiss Group on Yahoo and once you are in, you can ask the members, who have a wealth of data, about your Ikonta. They will ask the appropriate questions and can give you a lot of information about your camera. The Zeiss Group is located at...

If the seller could use a tax write off, he could donate it to the Pacific Aviation Museum based at Ford Island at Pearl Harbor. The Wildcat was the primary fighter that the Navy had during the early days of WWII. At the Battles for Wake Island, the Coral Sea and Midway the Wildcat played an...

One of the few last remaining survivors of the USS Arizona was interred on the ship this week. See: http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/19531030/one-of-last-uss-arizona-survivors-returns-to-ship-for-last-time

Why are the Stratoliners going for more than the Whippets are? I better start putting my stuff up on Ebay if this this an indication of the state of the market for vintage Strats and Whippets.

If this battle never took place, the world we live in today would be a lot different.

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Take some time to read this account of a glider pilot that flew in to Hiesville on June 6, 1944. http://www.71stsos.com/normandygeobuckley.html

A Hawaii TV station had a news story of Mr. Puccio. See: http://www.khon2.com/content/news/editorschoice/story/Pearl-Harbor-survivor-recognized-decades-later/Jdp72XUDfESl1RbwZaQUNg.cspx

Buy a combat tomahawk and a Ka-bar. You don't have any questions on penetration or stopping power, its all in your hands. Sometimes if an attacker is willing to advance on a person shooting at them, they may be on drugs or just plain mean. Nothing like putting the blade in the solar plexus...

If Mr. Sylvester "Syl" Puccio had not been able to counter flood the USS West Virgina, the 1,500 men on board would have suffered the same fate at those on the USS Oklahoma who died by drowning or asphyxiation when the Oklahoma was flipped upside down during the attack. Since the information on...