The 442nd Regimental Combat Team Annual Banquet has been rescheduled once again to Saturday, October 30, 2021. It was originally planned for May 2, 2020, then postponed to September 5, 2020 as a result of the statewide lock-down due to the COVID-19 virus, then rescheduled again to May 22, 2021 after Hale Ikena at Fort Shafter was unable to accommodate us due to continuing social distancing requirements.
As it looks unlikely that these requirements will not be changing before May, we have rescheduled the Anniversary Banquet to October 2021 – as follows:
When Saturday, 30 October 2021
Time 10:00am-1:00pm
Where Hale Ikena, Building 711, Morton Drive, Fort Shafter
Cost tbd per person (WWII 442nd Veterans/spouses/widows complimentary)
Note There may be a slight increase over the 2020 cost of $39 due to a possible 2021 increase from Hale Ikena.
Registration: Save the date for now – further information for registration will be sent this coming June.
For planning purposes it would be really helpful to have a rough estimate of the number of attendees. Could you please reply to this email address with a note as to whether your current expectation is that you will be attending, or will not be attending. If it is likely you will be attending, the number of adults and children in your party would be helpful for the Banquet Planning team to know.
PROGRAM
- 10:00am 442nd RCT logo item sales begin
- 10:30am Veterans photo shoot
- 10:50am Processional forms outside ballroom
- 11:00am Processional enters ballroom
- 11:15am Pledge of Allegiance, Star-Spangled Banner, Hawai’i Pono’i Honoring the Fallen: A Moment of Silence Invocation followed by opening of Hawaiian Luau Buffet
DETAILS
- Veteran photos. Please bring a framed photo of your Veteran(s). (8.5”x11” or smaller, please, due to space limitations) One family member will carry each photo in the Processional and place it on a table at the front of the ballroom.
- Processional. Will enter the ballroom in order of unit (Company or Battery). Veterans will lead their unit, as available.
- Volunteers. Anyone wishing to help, contact Bill Wright, , as soon as possible. There are many ways to be part of the Banquet Committee.
- Questions. Contact Juanita Allen, (808) 840-0627.
