HomeMy WebLinkAboutHawaii Wing Civil Air Patrol Day - 12.3.2022COUNTY OF HAWAII
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WHEREAS, founded on December 1, 1941, the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) started as a
group of volunteers led by civilian pilots who flew their own planes at their own expense to
support America's efforts in World War II, primarily by flying reconnaissance missions near
the country's coasts to protect cargo ships, especially vital oil tankers that were being sunk at
an alarming rate; and
WHEREAS, on July 1, 1946, President Harry Truman established CAP as a federally
chartered nonprofit corporation, and on May 26, 1948, Congress designated CAP as the Air
Force Auxiliary with three primary missions—emergency services, cadet programs, and
aerospace education; and
WHEREAS CAP carries out emergency service and disaster relief missions in the air
and on the ground and has established itself among the nation's search and rescue elite; and
WHEREAS the CAP youth program with more than 28,000 cadets offers leadership
training, emergency services training, opportunities for flight and pilot training, and
programs in STEM, rocketry, aeronautical, and aviation that focus on aerospace education;
and
WHEREAS the Hawai`i Wing Civil Air Patrol consists of over 600 cadets and adult
members in 11 squadrons across the state, providing emergency services, search and rescue,
disaster relief, humanitarian aid, support to the U.S. Air Force through light transport,
communications support, and tsunami, hurricane, and tropical cyclone warnings; and
WHEREAS the Hawai`i Wing Civil Air Patrol celebrated its 75th Anniversary this
year having been formed on January 17, 1947, and on December 1, 2021, the Civil Air Patrol
celebrates 81 years of performing missions for America, with today's adults and cadets
performing their duties with the same vigilance as CAP's founding members.
NOW THEREFORE, I, Mitchell D. Roth, Mayor of the County of Hawai'i, hereby
proclaim December 3, 2022, as
HA WAI I WING CIVIL AIR PATROL DAY
in the County of Hawai'i and recognizes with gratitude the Hawai`i Wing Civil Air Patrol for
75 years of volunteer service to the State of Hawai`i.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused The Seal of the
County of Hawai`i to be affixed. Done this 3r1 day of December 2022, in Hilo, Hawai`i.
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MITCHELL D. ROTH
MAYOR