Bill Text: HI HR140 | 2017 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Celebrating Vietnam Era Patriots.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-03-16 - Resolution adopted in final form. [HR140 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2017-HR140-Introduced.html
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TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2017 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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HOUSE RESOLUTION
CELEBRATING VIETNAM ERA PATRIOTS
WHEREAS, Vietnam veterans gave their heart and soul in the service of our county and continue to give back to our community, and four of these outstanding individuals are being honored today;
WHEREAS, Mrs. Carole Hickerson, awarded the DOD civilian service award, has fought tirelessly for the complete accounting of all Vietnam POW/MIA service members through her work with the National League of Families; she cofounded this group along with the late Sybil Stockdale and became a national figure, meeting with the heads of state to include President Nixon and many others. She developed the POW/MIA logo for the National League of Families that is now used as the logo on the POW/MIA Flag. Carole has received numerous awards and honors from military and civilian organizations alike. Mrs. Hickerson has lived a life that a Hollywood screenplay would find unbelievable, but it is all true. Carole Hickerson is a women of strength, values, and a rock solid core, who was a strong, independent woman before it was cool; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Alexander ("Sandy") Gaston is a Vietnam Era sailor who served aboard two ships, off the coast of Vietnam, providing him with what he affectionately calls, an "all-expenses paid" getaway. While in Vietnamese waters, Mr. Gaston was deployed on the USS Princeton and later the USS Wexford County; both vessels were his home for two years while he was participating in combat operations. After leaving the Navy in 1969 he pursued a career in investments; this led to his interest in philanthropy. Mr. Gaston is by far the largest private supporter of our Hawaii Historical Park, providing extraordinary sums of capital to the Mighty Mo (he wrote the first check to bring her to Hawaii), the Bowfin, the USS Arizona Visitor Center remodeling, the Pacific Aviation Museum, and many other local military-related causes; and
WHEREAS, Col. Swede Olson USMC, (Ret.) is a Vietnam Era Marine who was born in Bremerhaven, Germany during the reconstruction of post-war Europe to a United States Army Officer’s family. He traveled the world growing up as an Army brat and lived throughout the United States, Europe, and Japan. He graduated from Southern Illinois University with a BS in Business Administration, completed Platoon Leaders Course at Quantico, Virginia in 1970, and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Marine Corps. He completed flight training at Pensacola, Florida and proceeded to a fleet squadron assignment. He deployed and his station assignments included Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Korea, Japan, the Philippines, Australia, Central and South America, and the Caribbean, as well as East Coast, Midwest, West Coast, and Hawaii assignments in the United States. After serving almost 31 years on active duty, and earning a slew of awards, he retired in July of 2001. Upon retirement, he became active in a myriad of community organizations and served as K-Bay Airfield Manager at the Marine Corps Air Station in Kaneohe. He retired in March 2015; and
WHEREAS, Chief Master Sergeant Stanley Y. Fernandez was born on January 26, 1938, in Honolulu, HI. He graduated from McKinley High School and enlisted in the USAF in September 1956. CMSgt Fernandez led a storied and exciting career, from recovering space capsules for the United States, to flying over 120 special missions during the Cuban Crisis, to flying 73 combat missions in Southeast Asia. A quiet, unassuming warrior, he served from 1956 to 1984 spanning the globe as an airborne surveillance technician and weapons controller. He was awarded many citations, including the Bronze Star. Upon retirement, he has been the de facto leader of the Civil Air Patrol as well as an AFJROTC instructor here in Hawaii, giving back to our youth. He has been an active member of the VFW, the DAV, the Knights of Columbus, and many other organizations; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-ninth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2017, that this body honors the service and sacrifice of these outstanding Vietnam veterans commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam war.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this body thanks these individuals for their extraordinary service to our country and continuing service to our State.
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Vietnam Era Patriots
