Honoring your special veteran!

Our 4th of July "A Salute to Our Veterans" Hilo Bay 5K is right around the corner! This year's event honors your special veteran. Please let us know on your registration which special veteran you wish to honor. A special tribute will be made to all veterans honored.

Your donation of $30 includes a T-shirt, bag, bib, a chance to win prizes and have lots of fun. Proceeds benefit serving needs of Veterans of the Big Island and especially the Pahoa area.

Please join VFW Post 3830 on July 4th at 7:00 a.m. at Liliuokalani Gardens in Hilo for "A Salute to Our Veterans" Hilo Bay 5K Run/Walk with prizes for age groups for both runners and walkers and special prizes for Fastest Male and Female, Largest Group, Youngest/Oldest. Registration is open, register by June 10 to save!

This year we honor all who have served and especially these very special veterans:

Albert Corpuz	Christopher Holland
COL Debra M. Lewis	COL Max B. Scheider
Col Scott T Brown USAF	CPTP Kashe Dykema 101st Airborne AASLT
Dado Corpuz	Damian Uzueta
Dennis Pierson	Don Bennett
Duke Kauhi	Ernest Wright
Frances Kloda	Hiroshi Ota
James Franks and Glen Welsh	Kelly Hart
LTC Douglass Adams	Michael Sauer
Nu Teofilo	Perry Harada
Perry Hatch	Private William G. Wassner U.S. Army Air Corps World War II
Raymond Sakamoto	Richard Boom
Rick Kama	Robert Micheal Bulish
Robert White	Sergeant William G. Wassner U.S. Army Vietnam
Sherry Kloda	Shigeo Imamura
Wallace Brinkley	William Smith
Wymond Wilds	Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home