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Army museum honors Shinseki
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| Last Edited | ArmyDem Mar 28, 2004 03:35pm |
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| News Date | Sunday, March 28, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | An exhibit charts the Kauai
native's life from childhood
to his service as Army chief
Career highlights
By Gregg K. Kakesako
gkakesako@starbulletin.com
Nearly four decades ago, the gold buttons on the gray tunic of cadet Eric Shinseki shone brightly as he stood at attention on the plains of West Point.
Today, they shine even more brightly among the memorabilia and photographs honoring the country's highest-ranking Japanese American in the Shinseki Gallery, the newest addition to the U.S. Army Museum of Hawaii at Fort DeRussy. The museum, located on the outskirts of Waikiki in what was once a coast artillery fort, chronicles the military history of Hawaii from King Kamehameha through World War II, Korea, and Vietnam.
Included in the Shinseki Gallery is a well-worn cowboy glove of a 7-year-old child who grew up on Kauai loving horses.
Forty-five years later, "Ric" Shinseki would sit tall in the saddle as he took command of the 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood in Texas.
On Tuesday, the Army will unveil an exhibit honoring Shinseki, who was born on the Garden Isle and rose to become the first Japanese American to wear four stars and serve as the uniformed leader of the U.S. Army as its chief of staff. |
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