We need to prepare for our annual Hawaiian bombfest. Forget about a hurricane preparedness kit. No surprise here: Witness President Joe Biden’s shameful distractions and self-references when he met with the families of the Marines just killed in Afghanistan, killed in the chaos of Biden’s own creation.įorget about COVID-19 mutations. This is in direct contrast to our own president and his administration, who apparently felt no need to receive the Korean president at a diplomatic level. My gratitude to South Korean President Moon Jae-in is immense for understanding the gravity of this humanitarian mission and the profound respect he has demonstrated for these, our lost warriors. We must rejoice for them and pray that other remains will follow in our lifetimes.
My father was not among them, but six other families now have hope of putting their fathers finally to rest. Six American service members killed in the Korean War were returned to Hawaii last week (“South Korea’s president pays respects to the war dead at an Oahu ceremony,” Star-Advertiser, Sept. Major Scott Gier was shot down in Korea in 1951 and never came home. I still live in the house my father built in 1947 when he was stationed at Ewa Marine Field.
