#national memorial cemetery of the Pacific

Legislation introduced to establish new national veterans cemetery in Hawaiʻi

US Sen. Mazie Hirono and Reps. Ed Case and Jill Tokuda have introduced the Hawaiʻi National Cemetery Act, legislation that would require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a new national veterans cemetery in the state. The National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, the burial site for approximately 53,000 veterans from World War I, […]

Medal of Honor awarded posthumously to Hawai‘i soldier, Pvt. Bruno Orig

A Medal of Honor was awarded posthumously to Hawai’i native Private Bruno Raymond Abing Orig, US Army during a ceremony at the White House on Friday.

Sew a lei for Memorial Day

Residents are invited to honor fallen heroes at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific on Memorial Day by helping make fresh flower or ti-leaf lei for 38,000 gravesites at Punchbowl.