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In the Military Gregg K. Kakesako |
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DENNIS ODA / DODA@STARBULLETIN.COM
Brig. Gen. Vern Miyagi assumed command of the Hawaii Army National Guard yesterday as he was passed the flag of command from state Adjutant Gen. Robert G.F. Lee during a ceremony at Wheeler Army Air Field.
Miyagi now commands
Army Guard in HawaiiBrig. Gen. Vern Miyagi yesterday assumed command of the Hawaii Army National Guard from retiring Brig. Gen. Clarence Agena.
Taking command of the Hawaii Army National Guard's major combat unit, the 29th Infantry Brigade, today is Col. Joseph Chavez, who joined Hawaii Guard as an enlisted man in 1970.
Chavez is a graduate of the University of Hawaii and holds a master's degree from the University of Phoenix. Chavez has commanded the Army Guard's 297th Supply and Service Battalion and works full time as the human resource officer for the Hawaii National Guard.
There is another tugboat that survived the Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and attempts are being made in San Francisco to renovate it for use on the bay.
The San Francisco Chronicle recently reported Nokomis was rescued from the mudflats near Hunters Point and sold at an auction for $50 to Melissa Park, a tugboat captain.
The Nokomis is believed to be nine months older than the Hoga. It was built at the Charleston Navy Yard and put in service in March 1940.
Park created a nonprofit organization called the Historic Tugboat Education and Restoration Society, set up a Web site (www.ussnokomis.com).
Both tugboats saved sailors and fought fires following the Japanese attack.
However, publicity to date has centered on the Hoga, which several groups, including one in Hawaii, want to retrieve from the Navy's reserve fleet in Suisun Bay and turn into a museum.
"In the Military" was compiled from wire reports and other
sources by reporter Gregg K. Kakesako, who covers military affairs for
the Honolulu Star-Bulletin. He can be reached can be reached by phone
at 294-4075 or by e-mail at gkakesako@starbulletin.com.
