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Home My WebLink AboutCOM 1197.004 2006-2008 c~ -u~ ~j c-v-~z ~ d~~~;.,, ~~ 310' 8~~-- .~I~ ,,~.~,~HA KAKAHIAKA MY NAME IS PATSY `J~~a~ £ HUSSEY BIRD AND I AM A KOREAI~VETERAN. I [AAcv~ MARRIED A KOREAN VETERAN WHO ALSO ~_ - DIED OF ffiS WOUNDS FROM THE VIETNAM ~~/ R ° ~ WAR ERA. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO. . SPEAK FREELY AT YOUR COUNCIL MEETING. vim' ~ Y~ TAKE A LOOK AT THIS GATHERING OF _____- KOREAN VETERANS - NO ONE IS UNDER 70 YEARS OLD. WAR BEGAN JUNE 25~ 1950 AND ENDED JULY 27,1953 - 55 YEARS AGO. SURE ENOUGH IT WAS CALLED THE `FORGOTTEN WAR. HOW DAR~iANYONE BELIEVE IT COULD EVER BE FORGOTTEN -NOT WHEN WE LOST OVER 54,000 DEAD AND 103,000 WOUNDED. REMEMBER THIS ONE THING -THOSE WHO COME HOME WOUNDED ALSO DIE FROM WOUNDS RECEIVED IN WAR. THEREFORE, A HUMONGOUS INCREASE IN THOSE WHO HAVE DIED IN KOREA. I'M NOT HERE TO COMPARE WARS -BECAUSE WAR IS WAR -AND PEOPLE DIE IN IT -AND THESE PEOPLE ARE FRIENDS, RELATIVES, NEIGHBORS, COMRADES, AND REAL PEOPLE WHO -~~~0, BREATHE THE GOOD AIR THAT WE ALL WANT AND NEED, BUT MOSTLY, THEY ARE VERY YOUNG AND HAVEN'T EVEN BEEN GIVEN TIME TO LIVE. R ~1a _ ~ 97. fro:~ fRNG`~ Ref, pate . --_, -`~--_3 20D8 -~-a LET'S FORGET ABOUT THE KIlVI CHEF AND THE ~- BAR GIRLS, AND TALK ABOUT "MEM E TO B RESPECTED AND REMEMBERED. WHEN IMOVED HERE FROM MOLOKAI RECENTLY, I WENT LOOKING FOR THE KOREAN MEMORIAL - NO MORE - I WENT LOOKING FOR THE VIETNAME MEMO HIDDEN BEHIND KING KAMEHAMEHA. I'M HOPING AND PRAYING THAT APPROVAL, FUNDING, AND WHATEVER COULD BE DONE TO ALLO''W THE KOREAN MEMORIAL TO BE FLACED IN A CONSPICUOUS SITE AT THE QUEEN LILIOKA.LANI PARK. WHY DID IT TAKE SO LONG TO HONOR THESE VETERANS? LET'S PROVE TO THE WORLD THAT THIS IS NOT A FORGOTTEN WAR. - HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL Mailing Address: 25 Aupuni Street. Hilo, HI 96720 Physical Address: 333 Kilauea Avenue Ben Franklin Building, Second Floor. Hilo. HI 96720 Council Office .....................961-8255/8256 (Hilo) Fax: 961-8912 (West Hawaii) Fax: 329-4786 Pete Hoffmann ........................961-8273 Council Chair & Presiding Officer (Waimea) 887-2043 Chair. Housing Agency Committee K. AngelPilago ........................961-8265 Council Vice Chair (West Hawaii) 327-3642 Chair. Planning Committee Brenda Ford .:........................961-8027 Chair, Public Works & (West Hawaii) 326-5684 Intergovernmental Relations / Committee '// Stacy K. Higa .........................961-8396 Donaldlkeda ..........................961-8261 Chair, Public Safety and Parks & Recreation Committee Bob Jacobson .........................961-8263 Chair, Environmental Management Committee Emily Naeole ..........................961-8267 Chair, Human Services & Economic Development Committee Dominic Yagong .......................961-8538 Chair. Finance Committee J.Yoshimoto ..........................961-8272 Chair. Food & Energy Sustainability Committee 30 ADMINISTRATION Mo`ikeha Building, 4444 R ice Street, Suite 235 Lihu'e, Kauai, Hawaii 96766 MAYOR Bryan J. Baptiste .......... .............241-6300 Fax: 241-6877 E-mail: mayor~kauai.gov ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT "Gary K. Heu ........:.... .............241-6300 Fax: 241-6877 COUNTY ATTORNEY "Matthew Pyun ........... .............241-6315 Fax: 241-6319 PROSECUTING ATTORNEY Craig A. DeCosta ......... .............241-1888 Fax: 241-1758 PUBLIC INFORMATION ..... .............241-6303 COMPLAINTS OFFICE ...... ........:....241-6304 LEGISLATNE BRANCH 4396 Rice Street, Room 206 • Lihu'e, Kauai, Hawaii 96766 KAUAI COUNTY COUNCIL ................241-6371 Fax: 241-6349 E-mail: cokcouncil~kauai.gov Bill "Kaipo" Asing, Council Chair Chair, Energy/Public Safety Committee Mel Rapozo, Council Vice Chair Chair, Public Woiics Committee Tim Bynum Chair, Parks & Recreation Committee Jay Furtaro Chair, Finance/Economic Development Committee Shaylene Isen-Carvalho Chair, Community Assistance/Intergovernmental Relations Committee Ronald Kouchi Chair, Committee of the Whole JoAnn A. Yukimura Chair, Planning Committee COUNTY CLERK 'Peter A. Nakamura ....................241-6371 Fax: 241-6349 'Appointed position 3t My name 13 ~~"~~ G/ ~~ X-~ and ~ am a T member afthe /Ga ~-/= ~nJ 1~ ~-/L- Veterans C?rgania.,atian. I Speak in favor of the Korean War Veterans Memorial and support Resolution # ~ ~ (' ~ ~ Thank you.