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Spring 2014 Inside This Issue:

The 2013 HAMS

Golf Tournament

Prize Winners

Photos

Page 2

The 2013 HAMS

Golf Tournament

Sponsors List

Prize Donors List

Page 3

The 2013 HAMS

Golf Tournament

More Photos

Page 4-5

2013 Ihe Honoree:

Alan S. Hayashi Event Recap

Sponsor List

Page 6

Photo Gallery Pierre Moulin

25th ID Band

Paul Lister

Page 7

Photo Gallery Officer/Board List

Schedule of Events

Museum Store

Info

Page 8

From the Executive Director: Vicki Olson

Aloha! After a long search and help from Mike Egami,

we have a new newsletter editor. Mahalo to Susan

Oshiro for taking on the position!

Speaking of Mike Egami—his retirement from federal

service is on 31 March. He most recently carried the title

of “Museum Curator”, but he turned that position into

much more. Upon his arrival at the US Army Museum of

Hawaii, Mike used his skills gained from years of experience as an Army

Public Affairs Officer, to increase the number of museum volunteers,

make certain that they each received proper training, and always made

sure that they were properly recognized for their efforts. HAMS was a

very willing partner in hosting these events to show our volunteers how

treasured they really are!

Mike also began an outreach program for military units on how they might

use a visit to the museum for professional development. Your Society

contributed $250,000 towards the parapet completion which now has a

multi-purpose classroom within the Diamondhead parapet. It was HAMS’

goal to increase educational outreach and Mike Egami, the late Frank Bo-

as, and now our Education Chair, Les Bise have worked tirelessly with

towards this goal. The classroom is constantly in use.

From service in the Army to his days at the US Army Museum, Mike has

had an enormous positive impact. HAMS and the volunteers will bid

Mike farewell on Thursday, 10 March at a breakfast in his honor. We

wish Mike and his wife Judy, all the best as they begin a new chapter in

their lives.

Golf Chair, Les Bise and I hope all of you will be able to join us at the

33rd Annual General Herbert E. Wollf Memorial Fundraiser on 20 June

2014 at Leilehua Golf Course. Please call 808-941-3900 for more

information.

Vicki Olson

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Hawaii Army Museum Society 2013 Benefit Golf Tournament

We held our 32nd Annual General Herbert E. Wolff Memorial Golf Tournament on June 21, 2013 at the Leilehua Golf Course. 126 players, including 44 Patriot sponsored soldiers enjoyed a great day of golf, food, prizes, food and more prizes. Mahalo to all our wonderful volunteers—many of whom are members of the Aloha Chapter of MOAA. Here’s a list of our prize winners: Closet to the Pin: Hole #2 Rick Richardson 5’ 2” Hole #5 Gary Onishi 7’ 9-1/3” Hole #12 Drake Tanabe 8’ 5” Hole #17 Kristina Merkle Putting Contest: 1st Bryan Dean 2nd Mark Katsarsky 3rd Paul Lewis Longest Drive: Male Winner: Brystan Manintin Female Winner: Billie Grimes-Watson

iPad winner drawn from hitting the green on #5, #12, or #17: William L. McInnis: 3rd BDE, 25th ID Team Prizes: Flight A: 1st: Bulanow and McWethy 2nd: Hirata and Soto 3rd: Katsarsky and Katsarsky Flight B: 1st Ahn and Ching 2nd: Chang and Kobatake 3rd: Parilla and Wolfe Flight Patriot: 1st: Manintin and Marrero 2nd: Clayson and Frankecevic 3rd: Henson and Ranabarger Grand Prize #1: Jerry Schmitz

Grand Prize #2: Dennis Miyashiro

Congratulations to all our prize winners!

David and Rose Lee in front of the Tawani Foundation banner Toby Kosaka and Deems Narimatsu at the starting line

Patriot Golfers Harriet Aoki and Rick Wolff on the wild side

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MAHALO to our Generous Golf Tournament Sponsors & Donors!

Title Sponsor: Tawani Foundation, Pritzker Military Library

Dinner & Lunch Sponsor: Island Palms Communities, LLC

Silver Sponsors: David & Nora Bramlett

go! Airlines Kemo’o Farms

HEW Limited Partnership Matson Navigation Company

Meadow Gold Dairies Mokulele Hawaii

Pacific Commercial Services LLC Royal Aloha Vacation Club

Bronze Sponsor: First Hawaiian Bank

Patriot Sponsors: Harriet Aoki BAE Systems

David &Nora Bramlett Ann Carroll &Miguel Vasquez

First Canoe Strategies & Consulting, Inc. HEW Limited Partnership

Leilani & Ed Keough Henry & Rose Lee (2 teams)

Pasha Hawaii Charles B. Salmon, Jr. David & Sue Shanahan

United Laundry Services, Inc.

Donors:

Joan S. Bellinger COL (Ret) Charles N. Cardinal

Mary Ceccarelli BG (Ret) Paul Y. Chinen

COL (Ret) & Mrs. Gordon W. Cho Mike Culkin

Bobbee Mills Diaz & John Diaz Mr. & Mrs. Lyle M. Du Pont

Donald Hasenyager COL (Ret) & Mrs. Les S. Ihara

Island Network Solutions Mr. & Mrs. Howard H. Karr

Carole Kai - Great Aloha Run

LTC (Ret) Darrell Large MG (Ret) Robert Lee Dudley Makahanaloa

Samuel A. Maratea John F. Nielsen

CW4 (Ret) Howard S. Okada Outrigger Enterprises Group

Richard E. Tanaka COL (Ret) Albert F. Turner

The Islander Group COL (Ret) Richard E. Van Ness, Jr.

Glenn M. Winterbottom

Mr. & Mrs. Christian R. Beddow

Big Island Candies

Robert J. Clancey, LTD

Dole Food Company, Hawaii

Germaine’s Luau Hawaii

BGen (Ret) Jerome T. Hagan

Halekulani

Dr. Nara Harmsen, DDS

Hawaii Kai Golf Course

Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki

Beach Resort

Hilton Waikoloa Village

Gerald P. Joering

Ka’anapali Golf Resort

LTC (Ret) Leonard Katsarsky

Maj (Ret) &Mrs. Rodney Kimura

Ko Olina Golf Club

KOP Distributors, LLC

Makalei Golf Club

Maui Divers

McKinley Motor Services, Inc.

Menehune Water Company

Michele’s at the Colony Surf

Mid-Pacific Country Club

Missouri Memorial Association, Inc.

Murphy’s Bar and Grill

Outrigger Enterprise Group

Plantation Bay Course, Kapalua

Poipu Bay Golf Course

Pukalani Country Club

SONY Hawaii Company

James D. Swoish, Inc.

Turtle Bay Golf

U.S. Army Garrison Golf Courses

Zippy’s Restaurant

A very special Mahalo to

our event MC Joe Teipel!

MAHALO to our Generous Prize Donors! GRAND PRIZE: 2 Roundtrip Tickets on go! Airlines

Two Nights at Westin Maui Resort & Spa, Ka’anapali Two Rounds of Golf at a Ka’anapali Golf Courses, Lahaina, Maui

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More Photos from the 2013 Benefit Golf Tournament...

Alan Hayashi and Rick Richardson with soldiers

BAE Systems Hawaii Team

Cacti Golf team pictured with CSM (R)

Henry and Rose Lee

Toshi examines the offerings at the refreshment tent

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Vicki Olson and Judy Egami assist MC Joe Teipel

Miguel Vasquez by his sponsored hole

Jerry Schmitz wins the grand prize —

a fabulous trip to Lanai with airfare, hotel and

golf. He was very happy as his wedding

anniversary was the next day!

The Wolff Silver Team

More Photos from the 2013 Benefit Golf Tournament...

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Our 2013 Ihe Honoree: Alan S. Hayashi

On November 15, 2013, we celebrated the contributions of Alan S. Hayashi

at the 2013 Ihe Award Breakfast at the Hilton Hawaiian Village. In ancient

Hawai’i, the warrior who was honored by service to the Chief kept himself

in readiness to meet every challenge. Perfect physical condition and mental

alertness allowed him to respond quickly to any demand. One symbol of

this readiness was the spear, or Ihe, which was always at the warrior’s side.

Alan’s association with the Army goes back to his college days as a

member of the Stanford University ROTC program. Alan was appointed as

a Tactical (TAC) Officer at the Aberdeen Proving Ground and also served

with Hawaii’s 25th Infantry Division (725th Ordinance Battalion) and the

US Army Reserve (Hawaii Training Center Infantry). Alan left military

service to join his father’s contracting business where he was employed for

28 years. Prior to his current position at BAE Systems Support Solutions’ (S2) as its Director of Public Relations

and Policy Advocacy in Hawaii, Alan also worked for Amfac and the Waikiki Convention Center Authority.

If he’s not golfing or traveling with his wife Karen, Alan serves, or has served on the boards of directors of the

Hawaii Strategic Development Corporation, Military Affairs Council (MAC) of the Chamber of Commerce of

Hawaii, Army Hawaii Housing Foundation, Stanford Alumni Association, and the University of Hawaii, Manoa,

Shidler College of Business Alumni, along with many others. He is also a member of the Rotary Club of

Metropolitan Honolulu, Friends of Hickam, the Navy League, the Hawaii Society of Business Professionals, and

Soroptimist International of Waikiki.

Alan has been unstinting in his support of our wounded

warriors in many ways including the annual Wounded War-

rior Outrigger Regatta. Alan and BAE have been steadfast

supporters of the Hawaii Army Museum Society by partici-

pating or sponsoring a wounded warrior team at the annual

MG Herbert E. Wolff Memorial Golf

tournament and our annual Ihe Award ceremony.

The first Ihe award was presented in 1998. Past Ihe award-

ees included: Dr. Richard Kelley, Outrigger Hotels (2000),

the late GEN Fred C. Weyand, USA, Ret., Former Chief of

Staff of the Army (2003), Ms. Christina Kemmer, Civilian

Aide to the Secretary of the Army, Hawaii (2007), Dr.

Lawrence K.W. Tseu, DDS, FADG (2009), and Linda Co-

ble and Kirk Matthews (2010), just to name a few.

We would like to thank our many generous table sponsors

and donors for helping to make this event possible. A

|special Mahalo is extended to the HAMS Special Events

Committee chaired by COL (Ret) Walter M. Ozawa and to

COL (Ret) Gerry Silva for his work with Don Kozono of

the University of Hawaii Journalism Department who pro-

duced the video shown during the event honoring Alan S.

Hayashi. We also extend our thanks to Susan Smith and

the staff of the Hilton Hawaiian Village Beach Resort &

Spa for their continuing support and excellent service.

Congratulations to our 2013 Ihe Honoree, Alan S. Hayashi!

Mahalo to Our Major Sponsors!

Gold Table Sponsors

Harriet Aoki

BAE Systems Hawaii Shipyards, Inc.

GEN (Ret) David A. Bramlett

Island Palms Communities

Meadow Gold Dairies (2)

Ambassador Charles B. Salmon, Jr.

Dr. Lawrence K.W. Tseu

Silver Table Sponsor

Matson Navigation Company

Bronze Table Sponsors

The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii

Hawaii News Now

Hilton Hawaiian Village Beach Resort & Spa

Kaneohe Rotary Club

Outrigger Enterprises Group

COL (Ret) Walter M. Ozawa

Donors

ADM Thomas B. Fargo Great Aloha Run

CAPT John Mihlbauer Vaughn Vasconcellos

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The 25th ID Band tours the U.S. Army Museum of Hawaii

New Board Member Paul Lister

with HAMS President, David

Bramlett and Executive Director,

Vicki Olson

HAMS President David

Bramlett with Author Pierre

Moulin at a book signing at

HAMS

Hawaii Army Museum Society P. O. 8064

Honolulu, HI 96830-0064

To:

HAMS’ 2014 Officers and Board of Trustees

PRESIDENT:

David A. Bramlett

1st VICE PRESIDENT:

Jimmie R. Lackey

VICE PRESIDENTS:

Mildred Courtney

Francis I. Mossman

Walter M. Ozawa

Gerry Silva

SECRETARY:

Albert F. Turner

TREASURER:

Ronald T.Y. Choo

INTERNAL AUDITOR: David M. Shanahan

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR:

Victoria W. Olson

Hawaii Army Museum Society (HAMS) News

HAMS Schedule of Events

Meetings for 2014

HAMS Board of Trustees:

15 Jan, 16 Apr, 16 July, & 15 Oct

HAMS Executive Committee:

19 Feb, 19 Mar, 21 May, 18 June,

20 Aug, 17 Sep, 19 Nov, & 17 Dec

Golf Tournament

20 June 2014

Ihe Award

14 November 2014

The U. S. Army Museum of Hawaii will be CLOSED

from April 1st until June 9th for renovation work.

The Museum Store will be OPEN

Monday through Friday from 9 AM until 3:30 PM

Museum Store: 808-955-9552

TRUSTEES:

Leslie Bise

Charles N. Cardinal

Irwin K. Cockett

Edward Y. Hirata

Leonard G. Katsarsky

Darrell R. Large

Paul R. Lister

Victoria W. Olson

Edward V. Richardson

Charles B. Salmon, Jr.

Frank D. Slocum

Thomas M. Ushijima

Philip M. Whitney, Jr.

Francis J. Wiercinski

TRUSTEES

EMERITUS:

Jack R. Corteway

Henry S. Kuniyuki

Barbara F. Mills

John F. Nielsen

William W. Paty, Jr.

Arthur T. Yamamoto