FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND: Michelle Sakoda, middle, wife of Army Sgt. Steve Sakoda, sat during a burial for her husband yesterday in Hilo, as Stella Sakoda Hottendorf, at left, Sakoda's sister, sat with her head down. In the foreground, a helmet rests on a rifle planted upright in the ground.
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