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Army Master Sgt. Mateo Sabog, the 73-year-old Waipahu soldier who disappeared for 26 years during the Vietnam War, is finally on his way home.
Sabog left Fort Gordon's Eisenhower Medical Center in Georgia this morning, accompanied by at least one family member, an Army spokesman said.Henry Holmes, Fort Gordon spokesman, said Sabog requested and was granted retirement effective May 1 and will be eligible for $1,730 a month in retirement pay.
Holmes said the privacy act prohibits him from discussing the findings of the Army's investigation into Sabog's disappearance or his medical condition. The retirement pay will not cover the years Sabog was unaccounted for.
In February 1979, Sabog, who had been in the Army for 24 years, was transferred to Fort Bragg to finish his enlistment. After leaving Vietnam, he never showed up for his new assignment and the Army listed him as killed in Vietnam. His name is on the Vietnam Veterans memorial in Washington, D.C.
The appeal for more money came yesterday as House and Senate conferees finished work on the state's supplemental budget, as the Legislature moves toward Monday's close.
Even before House Human Services Chairwoman Suzanne Chun Oakland and Rep. Dennis Arakaki made their appeal, conferees still had to find $81 million to cover a $165 million budget shortfall. The late welfare request would hike the remaining tab to $95 million.
By Star-Bulletin staff
Police arrested a 14-year-old Kalihi boy, who was released to his parents pending further investigation.
Police said the boy and girl, who didn't know each other, were involved in a fight in front of a house at 2326 Rose St. The boy allegedly swung his arm and hit the girl, who was knocked to the ground. An ambulance arrived about 7 p.m. and took her to Kuakini Hospital, where she died at 8 p.m.
The visitor and a man who set up the deal accompanied the prostitute to a Cleghorn Street apartment when she disappeared into the building. When they began yelling for her, a male friend of the prostitute appeared with a gun and pointed it at the two men, police said. One man fled. The suspect allegedly pushed the visitor to the ground and held the gun to his head while robbing him.
The visitor was not seriously injured. Officers recognized the gunman's description and found him in the building.
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