REPORT TITLE:
WWII Memorial; Appropriation


DESCRIPTION:
Appropriates funds for a World War II memorial honoring the
"Torpedo Gang" of World War II.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A WAR MEMORIAL HONORING THE "TORPEDO
   GANG" OF WORLD WAR II.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that seventeen brave
 
 2 soldiers, all from Hawaii, lost their lives on a United States
 
 3 Army transport on January 28, 1942.  These brave men were
 
 4 attacked by a Japanese submarine while their ship, the Royal T.
 
 5 Frank was midway in the Alenuihaha Channel between Maui and the
 
 6 Big Island.
 
 7      The legislature also finds that the construction of a war
 
 8 memorial in honor of these men, along with the nine survivors of
 
 9 that fateful day, would commemorate their gallantry during one of
 
10 the darkest moments in our country's history.
 
11      SECTION 2.  Pursuant to section 6E-51, Hawaii Revised
 
12 Statutes, the department of land and natural resources, in
 
13 consultation with the Hawaiian Chinese Multicultural Museum and
 
14 Archives, and other interested groups, shall create and maintain
 
15 a living war memorial commemorating the "Torpedo Gang" at the
 
16 National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific and at Hilo Hawaii.
 
17 The memorial shall honor:
 
18      H. Yamashita, George Y. Taketa, Sheguru Ushijima, Y.
 
19 BOgomori, Y. Takamoto, S. Toma, S. Yoshioka, Mr. Souza, Mr.
 

 
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 1 Wakimoto, Iwao Nakamura, T. Yonemura, A. Soken, J. Perreira, S.
 
 2 Shugi, H. Shirakawa, R. Osato, Y. Nii, L.M. Oku, H. Y. Young, A.
 
 3 Veriato, S.O. Kido, T. Yamamizu, B. Tani, J. Rodrigues, Pernal
 
 4 Torrijos, and A. Yano.
 
 5      SECTION 3.  There is appropriated out of the general
 
 6 revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $         , or so much
 
 7 thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2000-2001, to fund
 
 8 the purposes of this bill.
 
 9      SECTION 4.  The sum appropriated shall be expended by the
 
10 department of land and natural resources.
 
11      SECTION 5.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2000.
 
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