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From: mel behasa
Sent: Friday, April 01, 2022 11:33 AM
To: Council Testimony
Subject: RES 355-22
Aloha All Council Members. This is Mel Behasa, Senior Vice commander of the Disabled American Veterans {
DAV) Chapter 7. I am also a member of the Honor Guard doing military services at the West Hawaii Veterans
Cemetery. It has been a busy year for us. Many of the deceased veterans are Vietnam War Veterans or Vietnam Era
Veterans. Many are members of our Chapters and Posts. We are frequently asked by family members and Veterans,
why there is no Vietnam War Memorial. We always assumed there was going to be one someday. One Veteran
expressed to us at a recent funeral that he hopes there is a Vietnam War Memorial before he passes. Many of us are in
our 70's and 80's, and agree that we would like to see one in our lifetime.
I am in favor of Res. 355-22 introduced by Councilman Holeka Inaba.
Committee Chairman West Hawaii Vietnam Veterans War Memorial Association
Mel Behasa
P.O. Box 3278
808 896-0615
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