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Article: Mr. Seikichi Kaneshiro retirement ceremony (Andersen AFB, Guam).

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May 30, 2008
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As delivered by Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Friday, May 30, 2008

General, Governor, distinguished visitors, troops--Hoffa Adai!

Governor and First Lady Camacho, thank you for being with us. It is a real pleasure to be here in Guam. And it is an honor to have the opportunity to pay tribute to Seikichi Kaneshiro, a man known to all of you--and much of the island--as Mr. Paul. His service to country has spanned an incredible 66 years, most of it here.

When Mr. Paul joined the Army in 1943, Japanese Americans weren't allowed to fight in the Pacific theater. So he went from his native Hawaii to train in ...

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