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Thread #31521   Message #412058
Posted By: GUEST,Carol's Friend Don
06-Mar-01 - 12:29 PM
Thread Name: American National Anthem
Subject: RE: American National Anthem
Hey Mark, En, I'm an ol' kamaina myself. Went to Radford, which was long before they built Aiea High. (Bette Midler was our senior class president, a fact she never mentions in her official bio - doesn't fit with the rejected Jewish-Samoan angst). I lived on McGrew Point, which was called Hospital Point during WWII and was the sight point for the Jap planes on Dec 7. I remember them building the present Arizona Monument (the old one was just a wooden platform across the hulk). And the highest building on the island was the Royal Hawaiian (or Tripler Army Hospital). But I saw the Islands on my way back from 'Nam in 69 and Waikiki had gone to hell. Still, it was a great place to be a kid...Hawaii noe ka oi