{"id":69345,"date":"2016-12-10T15:09:27","date_gmt":"2016-12-10T20:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=69345"},"modified":"2016-12-11T09:15:33","modified_gmt":"2016-12-11T14:15:33","slug":"hula-for-pearl-harbor-vet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=69345","title":{"rendered":"Hula for Pearl Harbor vet"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Lehua<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

The Associated Press<\/a> tells the story of Ray Richmond, 97, and his family who boarded a flight home after the ceremonies at Pearl Harbor Harbor, Ray was a survivor of that encounter in 1941 Mrs. Hawaii America, Lehua Beltrame-Tevaga happened to be a flight attendant on that particular flight;<\/p>\n

Also on the flight were the three members of well-known Hawaii group, Makaha Sons. So Beltrame-Tevaga asked them if they wouldn’t mind singing for Richmond.<\/p>\n

With an hour left in the flight, they went to the row where Richmond was sitting with his family. The lead flight attendant announced that Richmond was a Pearl Harbor veteran. Beltrame-Tevaga took a lei from around her neck and placed it on Richmond.<\/p>\n

Mark Yim of the group played the guitar while Jerome Koko and Kimo Artis sang “Papalina Lahilahi.” Beltrame-Tevaga danced hula next to Richmond’s seat.<\/p>\n

Richmond thanked the performers and Beltrame-Tevaga said he told her “it was the best part of his whole trip.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n