HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES H.C.R. NO. 71 THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022 STATE OF HAWAII HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION TO REQUEST THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO HONOR MCKINLEY HIGH SCHOOL'S 132 FALLEN SOLDIERS BY SAFEGUARDING AND PRESERVING THE NAME of MCKINLEY HIGH SCHOOL.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES H.C.R. NO. 71
THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022
STATE OF HAWAII
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H.C.R. NO.
71
THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022
STATE OF HAWAII
HOUSE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION
URGING THE SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION TO REQUEST THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO HONOR MCKINLEY HIGH SCHOOL'S 132 FALLEN SOLDIERS BY SAFEGUARDING AND PRESERVING THE NAME of MCKINLEY HIGH SCHOOL.
WHEREAS, established in 1865 as Fort Street English Day School, McKinley High School is one of the oldest secondary schools in the Hawaiian islands; and WHEREAS, McKinley High School has a long history of producing leaders and forerunners for Hawaii that has contributed to the growth and success of the State and the nation; and WHEREAS, the Second World War proved to be a challenge for the students and alumni of McKinley High School, as many were called for duty in service to their country to do their part in the nation's war effort; and WHEREAS, it is essential to pay tribute and safeguard the name of McKinley High School, to honor McKinley High School's 132 Fallen Soldiers, who valiantly served our nation with resolution and moral rectitude: Amakawa, Nobuo Arakaki, William Hideo Arakawa, James Yasushi Asai, Ralph Yukio Cardoza, Isaac Chu, Richard But Ho Davis, George Fleming Doi, Haruo Ebata, Ted Tetsu Eji, William Kazuhiko Eki, George Fujinaka, Noboru Fukuhara, Herbert Masuo (Joe) Furukido, Kenneth Kenzo Goo, Richard Tin Kee Goo, William Lee Yew Goshikoma, Ralph Masoe Hamanaka, Fred Yeiso Harada, Charles Kiyoshi Hashimoto, Denis Masato Hatanaka, Masao Hayama, Makoto Hayashi, Donald Shiro Higa, Toshio Higa, Yeiko Hirahara, Tomosu Hiramatsu, Kazuo Lawrence Hirata, Gerome Mitsuo Ho, William Ah On Honda, Richard Minoru Ichimura, Kenichi Ide, Edward Yukio Iguchi, Kiyoshi Iida, Martin Minoru Ikeda, George Tsuyoshi Inoue, Minoru Irie, Masaji Jichaku, Thomas Munemasa Kagawa, Yasuo Kagihara, James Junichi Kaiura, Richard Kiyoshi Kam, Henry Hon Kanaya, Walter Etsutoshi Kanda, Takezo Kawamoto, Haruo Kawata, Albert Goro Kaya, Stephen Mitsugi Kimura, Matsuichi Kimura, Paul, Jr. Kiyabu, Ronald Shigeo Kiyota, Edward Yorio Koizumi, Hayato Komatsu, Katsuto Kong, Wah Kau Kotsubo, Seichi Kubo, Yoshio Kubokawa, James Kiyoshi Kuroda, Ichiji Herbert Kutara, Masaji Howard Kuwada, Joseph Takeo Lee, George Say Hoon Leese, William R. Leong, Hon Sun Mana, James Seiso Mashita, Masatomo Matsumoto, Dick Yoshio Mekata, Thomas Tsutomu (Durham) Minatodani, Isamu Miyagi, Masayoshi Miyamoto, James Hideo Mizumoto, Larry Tamotsu Morisaki, Harold Hisao Motokane, Wilfred Masao Motoyama, Susumu Murakami, Isamu Muramoto, Masaru Murashige, Richard Kano Murata, Robert Shigeru Nagaji, Grover Kazutomi Nakamura, Henry Yoshio (Hank) Nakauye, Donald Takashi Nishimura, Wilfred Katsuyuki (Kats) Nishitani, Chieto Nishitani, Taro Nozawa, Alfred Shizuo Numa, Toshio Ogata, Masaru Ogata, Masayoshi Ogomori, Yoshio W. Okamoto, Mitsumi Donald Okamoto, Ralph Sueo Okimoto, Richard Masao Okumura, Toyokazu Otaguro, Tadashi Oyakawa, Francis Keiichi Ozaki, Robert Yukio Park, John Y. Rasmussen, Douglas Gilbert Sahara, Atsuo Sakai, Richard Motoji Sakamoto, Uichi (Willie) Shikiya, Ted Takao Shimizu, Gordon Satoru Shiyama, Henry Masayuki (Lead) Sogi, Masaru Sugiyama, Itsuo Suzuki, Takashi Takata, Joseph Shigeo Takeba, Masaharu Takubo, Kenji Tamanaha, Kunio Douglas Tamura, Toyoshi Tanaka, Keichi Tanimoto, Larry Tadayuki Tanimoto, Yukio E. Terada, Henry Mamoru Teramae, Ted Akira Teruya, Herman Takeyoshi Teruya, Kenkichi Kenneth Tokushima, Patrick Mitsuru Tokuyama, Minoru Tom, Volt Hung Toma, Tsugiyasu Tomikawa, Calvin Tetsuo Uyeno, Theodore Toshiyuki Wasada, Kenneth Yoshikazu Watanabe, Hiroshi Yamada, Raymond Tsukasa Yamamoto, Masaru Yamanaga, Thomas Isamu Yamashita, Kazuo (Red) Yonamine, Hideo (Fuku) Young, Harold W. L. Young, Henry Kwai Wa; and WHEREAS, the strong will and distinction displayed by the soldiers of McKinley High School will never be forgotten, but the efforts of the students of McKinley High School, who at the time provided economic support with two war bond drives to purchase over $200,000 in bonds and stamps and then raised another $333,000 to purchase a B-24 Liberator bomber, named Madame Pele, for the United States Air Force, will always be remembered; and WHEREAS, from a cultural heritage standpoint, it's the State's duty and obligation to honor the legacy of the school that had educated and instilled the traditions and pride into all students and alumni, and especially to the men who volunteered and enlisted as soldiers to the war efforts of World War II; and WHEREAS, the name McKinley High School will memorialize these remains, many of whom are laid to rest at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific overlooking McKinley High School, and for those who were buried on foreign land and never returned home; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Thirty-first Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2022, the Senate concurring, that the Superintendent Education is emphatically urged to request the Board of Education to preserve the name of McKinley High School and its rich history to honor the legacy of its alumni, the "Greatest Generation", for their loyal service and ultimate sacrifice during World War II; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Hawaii's Congressional delegation, Governor, Chairperson of the Board of Education, Superintendent of Education, Kaimuki-McKinley-Roosevelt Complex Area Superintendent, and President of the McKinley High School Foundation. OFFERED BY: _____________________________ Report Title: Superintendent of Education; Board of Education; McKinley High School; World War II
WHEREAS, established in 1865 as Fort Street English Day School, McKinley High School is one of the oldest secondary schools in the Hawaiian islands; and
WHEREAS, McKinley High School has a long history of producing leaders and forerunners for Hawaii that has contributed to the growth and success of the State and the nation; and
WHEREAS, the Second World War proved to be a challenge for the students and alumni of McKinley High School, as many were called for duty in service to their country to do their part in the nation's war effort; and
WHEREAS, it is essential to pay tribute and safeguard the name of McKinley High School, to honor McKinley High School's 132 Fallen Soldiers, who valiantly served our nation with resolution and moral rectitude:
Amakawa, Nobuo
Arakaki, William Hideo
Arakawa, James Yasushi
Asai, Ralph Yukio
Cardoza, Isaac
Chu, Richard But Ho
Davis, George Fleming
Doi, Haruo
Ebata, Ted Tetsu
Eji, William Kazuhiko
Eki, George
Fujinaka, Noboru
Fukuhara, Herbert Masuo (Joe)
Furukido, Kenneth Kenzo
Goo, Richard Tin Kee
Goo, William Lee Yew
Goshikoma, Ralph Masoe
Hamanaka, Fred Yeiso
Harada, Charles Kiyoshi
Hashimoto, Denis Masato
Hatanaka, Masao
Hayama, Makoto
Hayashi, Donald Shiro
Higa, Toshio
Higa, Yeiko
Hirahara, Tomosu
Hiramatsu, Kazuo Lawrence
Hirata, Gerome Mitsuo
Ho, William Ah On
Honda, Richard Minoru
Ichimura, Kenichi
Ide, Edward Yukio
Iguchi, Kiyoshi
Iida, Martin Minoru
Ikeda, George Tsuyoshi
Inoue, Minoru
Irie, Masaji
Jichaku, Thomas Munemasa
Kagawa, Yasuo
Kagihara, James Junichi
Kaiura, Richard Kiyoshi
Kam, Henry Hon
Kanaya, Walter Etsutoshi
Kanda, Takezo
Kawamoto, Haruo
Kawata, Albert Goro
Kaya, Stephen Mitsugi
Kimura, Matsuichi
Kimura, Paul, Jr.
Kiyabu, Ronald Shigeo
Kiyota, Edward Yorio
Koizumi, Hayato
Komatsu, Katsuto
Kong, Wah Kau
Kotsubo, Seichi
Kubo, Yoshio
Kubokawa, James Kiyoshi
Kuroda, Ichiji Herbert
Kutara, Masaji Howard
Kuwada, Joseph Takeo
Lee, George Say Hoon
Leese, William R.
Leong, Hon Sun
Mana, James Seiso
Mashita, Masatomo
Matsumoto, Dick Yoshio
Mekata, Thomas Tsutomu (Durham)
Minatodani, Isamu
Miyagi, Masayoshi
Miyamoto, James Hideo
Mizumoto, Larry Tamotsu
Morisaki, Harold Hisao
Motokane, Wilfred Masao
Motoyama, Susumu
Murakami, Isamu
Muramoto, Masaru
Murashige, Richard Kano
Murata, Robert Shigeru
Nagaji, Grover Kazutomi
Nakamura, Henry Yoshio (Hank)
Nakauye, Donald Takashi
Nishimura, Wilfred Katsuyuki (Kats)
Nishitani, Chieto
Nishitani, Taro
Nozawa, Alfred Shizuo
Numa, Toshio
Ogata, Masaru
Ogata, Masayoshi
Ogomori, Yoshio W.
Okamoto, Mitsumi Donald
Okamoto, Ralph Sueo
Okimoto, Richard Masao
Okumura, Toyokazu
Otaguro, Tadashi
Oyakawa, Francis Keiichi
Ozaki, Robert Yukio
Park, John Y.
Rasmussen, Douglas Gilbert
Sahara, Atsuo
Sakai, Richard Motoji
Sakamoto, Uichi (Willie)
Shikiya, Ted Takao
Shimizu, Gordon Satoru
Shiyama, Henry Masayuki (Lead)
Sogi, Masaru
Sugiyama, Itsuo
Suzuki, Takashi
Takata, Joseph Shigeo
Takeba, Masaharu
Takubo, Kenji
Tamanaha, Kunio Douglas
Tamura, Toyoshi
Tanaka, Keichi
Tanimoto, Larry Tadayuki
Tanimoto, Yukio E.
Terada, Henry Mamoru
Teramae, Ted Akira
Teruya, Herman Takeyoshi
Teruya, Kenkichi Kenneth
Tokushima, Patrick Mitsuru
Tokuyama, Minoru
Tom, Volt Hung
Toma, Tsugiyasu
Tomikawa, Calvin Tetsuo
Uyeno, Theodore Toshiyuki
Wasada, Kenneth Yoshikazu
Watanabe, Hiroshi
Yamada, Raymond Tsukasa
Yamamoto, Masaru
Yamanaga, Thomas Isamu
Yamashita, Kazuo (Red)
Yonamine, Hideo (Fuku)
Young, Harold W. L.
Young, Henry Kwai Wa; and
WHEREAS, the strong will and distinction displayed by the soldiers of McKinley High School will never be forgotten, but the efforts of the students of McKinley High School, who at the time provided economic support with two war bond drives to purchase over $200,000 in bonds and stamps and then raised another $333,000 to purchase a B-24 Liberator bomber, named Madame Pele, for the United States Air Force, will always be remembered; and
WHEREAS, from a cultural heritage standpoint, it's the State's duty and obligation to honor the legacy of the school that had educated and instilled the traditions and pride into all students and alumni, and especially to the men who volunteered and enlisted as soldiers to the war efforts of World War II; and
WHEREAS, the name McKinley High School will memorialize these remains, many of whom are laid to rest at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific overlooking McKinley High School, and for those who were buried on foreign land and never returned home; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Thirty-first Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2022, the Senate concurring, that the Superintendent Education is emphatically urged to request the Board of Education to preserve the name of McKinley High School and its rich history to honor the legacy of its alumni, the "Greatest Generation", for their loyal service and ultimate sacrifice during World War II; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Hawaii's Congressional delegation, Governor, Chairperson of the Board of Education, Superintendent of Education, Kaimuki-McKinley-Roosevelt Complex Area Superintendent, and President of the McKinley High School Foundation.
OFFERED BY: _____________________________
OFFERED BY:
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Report Title:
Superintendent of Education; Board of Education; McKinley High School; World War II