[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 164 (Thursday, November 5, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2730]
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 HONORING THE LATE ANTHONY T. KAHOOHANOHANO ON BEING AWARDED THE MEDAL 
                                OF HONOR

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                          HON. MAZIE K. HIRONO

                               of hawaii

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, November 5, 2009

  Ms. HIRONO. Madam Speaker,I would like to recognize the late Anthony 
T. Kahoohanohano for his extraordinary heroism while serving during the 
Korean War. Private First Class Kahoohanohano's service was recently 
acknowledged with our Nation's highest award of merit, the Medal of 
Honor.
  I am grateful to my colleague Senator Akaka for inserting a provision 
in this year's defense authorization bill that awards the Medal of 
Honor to Mr. Kahoohanohano and to President Obama for signing the bill 
into law.
  Awarding the Medal of Honor to Anthony Kahoohanohano has long been 
overdue. A 19-year-old soldier from Wailuku on the island of Maui, 
Kahoohanohano bravely sacrificed his own life to protect fellow 
soldiers in the area of Chupa-ri, Korea on September 1, 1951.
  After ordering members of his machine-gun squad to take up more 
secure positions to provide cover as U.S. forces withdrew, 
Kahoohanohano bravely stayed behind to fight the enemy on his own, even 
fighting in hand-to-hand combat after he ran out of ammunition. He was 
killed in action, but his courageous actions inspired other American 
troops to launch a counterattack against the enemy.
  On behalf of Anthony Kahoohanohano's family and the State of Hawaii, 
and in honor of the service and sacrifice of our servicemembers and 
veterans, I thank my colleagues for supporting this measure.

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