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April 18, 2025, marks the 80th anniversary of Ernie Pyle’s death on the battlefield Eighty years ago, Ernie Pyle, one of America's most recognized war correspondents, was killed while covering the Battle of Okinawa during World War II. HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) -- Eighty years ago, one of America’s most recognized war correspondents was killed while covering the Battle of Okinawa during World War II. When it came to telling the story of the American soldier fighting the good fight overseas, no one compared to Ernie Pyle. “He exemplified the courage and the willingness to hear the story of the common soldier,...

When is California going to stop playing COVID games? Your columnist devoutly follows the guidance of public health officials. I wear two masks around town, even after having had all three vaccine shots.

CBS's executive producer for the television series Hawaii Five-O, Peter Lenkov, issued an apology on Tuesday, December 14, 2011, on behalf of the Hawaii Five-0 production unit, to "veterans and members of the Greatest Generation Foundation whom we unintentionally offended when our events coincided." [ snip ] the crew was rude and disrespectful to 23 World War II veterans who attended a ceremony and visited the sacred cemetery while they were filming. Production assistants shushed and rushed the WWII veterans as they laid red roses at their friends’ gravesites and continued to work during the national anthem, taps and during...

Police closed a section of Punchbowl Street yesterday, causing a major traffic tie-up during the afternoon rush hour, after a state employee placed a suspicious envelope on a stone wall along the sidewalk of a state office building. An employee of the state Department of Accounting and General Services at the Kalanimoku Building received the envelope, became suspicious and called 911 because of the wording and the way it was lettered, said fire Capt. Richard Soo. The package had arrived by mail about 8:30 a.m. yesterday. The employee brought it to the attention of the comp-troller. An employee from the...