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Trump compares Iran strikes to Pearl Harbor attack
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (229+ words) Thursday, March 19, 2026 72" Today's Paper By Daphne Psaledakis and Trevor Hunnicutt / Reuters President Donald Trump shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., today. WASHINGTON >> President Donald Trump today drew a…...
Rearview Mirror: Isle, mainland nisei soldiers took a while to get along
1+ week, 10+ hour ago (1472+ words) Friday, March 13, 2026 75" Today's Paper By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser Above, Sedaka, left, is seen backstage with Tom Moffatt. Sedaka died on Feb. 27. Today would have been his 87th birthday. Earl Finch, above, signed Neil Sedaka to perform in Hawaii…...
Rearview Mirror: Earl Finch – a one-man USO who supported nisei soldiers
2+ week, 11+ hour ago (1357+ words) Friday, March 6, 2026 70" Today's Paper By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser Families tried to get close to their returning sons, husbands, fathers and brothers as thousands jammed Iolani Palace grounds when Hawaii officially welcomed home the 422nd Regimental Combat Team. They…...
Letter: A century after Nazis, another ballroom rises
3+ week, 3+ day ago (211+ words) Letter: A century after Nazis, another ballroom rises'Honolulu Star-Advertiser Tuesday, February 24, 2026 66" Today's Paper Letter: A century after Nazis, another ballroom rises Select an option below to continue reading this premium story. From as low as $12.95 /mo. In Berlin in 1936, architect…...
Pearl Harbor remembrance carries on as survivors miss ceremony for first time
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (1121+ words) Sunday, February 1, 2026 79" Today's Paper World War II veteran Al Chatwin greeted attendees during the event. Above, sailors aboard the USS Carl M. Levin stood at attention. Milton "Rip Tide" Ripple gave a salute to the USS Arizona on Sunday during the…...
Memorial honors Hawaii soldiers aboard Army ship torpedoed off Big Island in 1942
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (569+ words) Saturday, January 31, 2026 75" Today's Paper Family members of the honored soldiers gathered after Wednesday's unveiling of the Royal T. Frank memorial at Hilo's Keaukaha Military Reservation. Fresh lei draped the USAT Royal T. Frank memorial honoring the 299th Infantry Regiment, whose members were among…...
Oahu-based teams search for remains of missing troops from ‘Secret War’ in Laos
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (1561+ words) Tuesday, December 30, 2025 76" Today's Paper Today " Updated 12:35 a.m. Katie Rubin, far right, with Mindy Simonson at her side, walk through a series of maps and documents to explain to the family of Air Force Master Sgt. James Henry Calfee where they found…...
Oldest known Pearl Harbor survivor and WWII veteran dies at 105
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (702+ words) Saturday, December 27, 2025 70" Today's Paper Ira "Ike" Schab saluted the USS Arizona on Dec. 7, 2024, during the 83rd commemoration of the attack on Pearl Harbor at the Pearl Harbor National Memorial. Retired Navy commander Karl Schab is pictured with his father Ira "Ike…...
Japan’s Foreign Ministry honors isle-based Nisei veterans groups
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (863+ words) Wednesday, December 10, 2025 74" Today's Paper Today " Updated 11:42 p.m. Master Sgt. Wilfred Toda, left, a 98-year-old Nisei veteran of the Military Intelligence Service, chatted with Japanese Consul General Hideaki Chotoku on Tuesday after a ceremony in which Chotoku presented Foreign Minister's Commendations to…...
Blackened Canteen ceremony rekindles WWII peace offering
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (788+ words) Tuesday, December 9, 2025 74" Today's Paper Today " Updated 11:49 p.m. Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi, left, walked with Tatsunobu Isoda, center, mayor of the Japanese city of Nagaoka on Monday on Ford Island as officials gathered for a joint U.S.-Japanese commemoration of the attack on…...