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6 June — 79th Commemoration Ceremony and Naval Air Station Barbers Point Memorial Dedication at the Air Control Tower, 91-1259 Midway Rd., Kalaeloa Airport, Kapolei. June 11 — Commandery Social at the Sunset Lanai, at 1700 hrs. This event will have minimal business and will include pupus for Candidate companions to meet the current Companions. 14 June —Army's 246th birthday // Flag Day. 23 June— United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Birthday 25 June — 71st Anniversary of the start of the Korean War. 27 June— PTSD Awareness Day 21 July —Anniversary of the establishment of the Department of Veterans Administration. July 21, 1930, when President Herbert Hoover signed Executive Order 5398 and elevated the Veterans Bureau to a federal administration—creating the Veterans Administration 25 July— Hire a Veteran Day 29 July— Anniversary of the Army Chaplain Corps. On July 29, 1775, the Continental Congress authorized pay for one chaplain for each regiment of the Army. 4 August— Birthday of the U.S. Coast Guard in 1790 15-21 August— National Aviation Week - (Always during the week of Orville Wright's Birthday on Aug. 19) 18 September—Birthday of the U.S. Air Force, celebrating its founding as a separate branch of the U.S. Armed Forces on September 18, 1947 20 September— National POW/MIA Recognition Day ceremony at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (Punchbowl) on (2019 date) at 1000.
Hawaii Commandery, Military Order of Foreign Wars A non-profit 501 (c) 3 Veterans Organization Oahu Veterans Center, 1298 Kukila St. Honolulu Hawaii, 96818
Mahalo to our 2021 Sponsors:
Hawaii Chapter, Association of the United States Army 17
