Punahou School honors legacy of WWII captain killed in action

Punahou School honors legacy of WWII captain killed in action

HONOLULU (KHON2) -- Punahou School honored one of their former students, a WWII Medal of Honor Recipient, on what would be his 108th birthday. The honoree, Capt. Francis Wai, lost his life 81 years ago during the Battle of Leyte on San Pedro Beach in the Philippines. Dave & Buster’s makes Grand Opening Debut at new location "The soldiers were stuck on the beach getting shot at by the Japanese," said Maj. Gen. Robert G.F. Lee. "Nobody was i…

Missing WWII soldier laid to rest at last

BLOOMINGTON — Missing for over 80 years, a Bloomington Army private has been laid to long-delayed rest at Park Hill Cemetery.

'Black Men Were Considered Second Class': Missing Black Sailor Killed In Pearl Harbor Attack Finally Identified, Laid to Rest with Military Honors 83 Years After His Death

A Black sailor who died in the attack on Pearl Harbor was finally laid to rest in his home state of North Carolina, nearly 84 years after his death. Born in Vass, North Carolina, Navy Mess Attendant 3rd Class Neil D. Frye enlisted in the Navy in July 1940. Navy Mess Attendant 3rd Class Neil D. Frye (Credit: Video Screengrab WTVD) He worked in the Messman Branch, a racially segregated division of the U.S. Navy that was almost exclusively made up …

Palmetto AFROTC Walk Honors Bataan Death March Soldiers — The Anderson Observer

Greg Wilson/Anderson ObserverIn April 1942, after the fall of the Bataan Peninsula in the Philippines to Japanese forces during World War II, more than 75,000 American and Filipino troops surrendered and were forced to march more than 60 miles in intense heat with little food or water. Among the Americans who on the original march were six Clemson cadets, notably Ben Skardon, who died in 2021 at age 104.On an unseasonably cool Saturday morning, …