Kevin Knodell

Honolulu

Reporter at Honolulu Star-Advertiser

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Articles

Navy Seeks to Reactivate Wells Closed During Red Hill Crisis

1 week ago | military.com | Kevin Knodell

More than three years after the Navy shut down two of its Oahu water wells in response to the Red Hill water crisis, the serv ice is now looking to reopen them. The state Department of Health has given the Navy “conditional approval ” to work toward reopening its Aiea-Halawa Shaft.
Navy seeks to reactivate wells closed during Red Hill crisis

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Kevin Knodell

JAMM AQUINO / 2021 Above, a hydrant pumped ground water into four large filtration tanks in Pearl City in 2021. The Navy, worked with contractors to flush water lines at the Pearl City Peninsula military housing neighborhood. 1 /4 JAMM AQUINO / 2021 Above, a hydrant pumped ground water into four large filtration tanks in Pearl City in 2021. The Navy, worked with contractors to flush water lines at the Pearl City Peninsula military housing neighborhood.
Navy seeks to reactivate wells closed during Red Hill crisis

1 week ago | staradvertiser.com | Kevin Knodell

More than three years after the Navy shut down two of its Oahu water wells in response to the Red Hill water crisis, the service is now looking to reopen them. The state Department of Health has given the Navy “conditional approval” to work toward reopening its Aiea-Halawa Shaft.
Famed war correspondent to be honored at final resting place

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Kevin Knodell

COURTESY NAVAL HISTORY AND HERITAGE COMMAND A sign marks the site where war correspondent Ernie Pyle was killed on Iejima island in 1945. 1 /2 COURTESY NAVAL HISTORY AND HERITAGE COMMAND A sign marks the site where war correspondent Ernie Pyle was killed on Iejima island in 1945. COURTESY NAVAL HISTORY AND HERITAGE COMMAND Ernie Pyle, center, poses with a group of children on Guam. 2 /2 COURTESY NAVAL HISTORY AND HERITAGE COMMAND Ernie Pyle, center, poses with a group of children on Guam.
Famed war correspondent to be honored at final resting place

1 week ago | staradvertiser.com | Kevin Knodell

Legendary newsman Ernie Pyle, whose vivid reporting from the front lines of World War II won him a Pulitzer Prize and the admiration of readers and the soldiers whose stories he told, will be honored at a ceremony Friday marking the 80th anniversary of his death during the Battle of Okinawa. The event, hosted by the Ernie Pyle Legacy Foundation, will be held at 10 a.m. at the National Cemetery of the Pacific, where Pyle is buried, followed by a luncheon at noon at the Oahu Veterans Center.
80th anniversary of kamikaze attack on USS Missouri emphasizes reconciliation

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Kevin Knodell

KEVIN KNODELL / KKNODELL @STARADVERTISER.COM Carey Callaghan, grandson of the USS Missouri’s Capt. William Callaghan, delivers a keynote address to attendees at a ceremony on Friday honoring the 80th anniversary of the kamikaze attack on the ship and the pilot’s burial at sea. 1 /6 KEVIN KNODELL / KKNODELL @STARADVERTISER.COM Carey Callaghan, grandson of the USS Missouri’s Capt.
80th anniversary of kamikaze attack on USS Missouri emphasizes reconciliation

1 week ago | staradvertiser.com | Kevin Knodell

On April 11, 1945, Flight Petty Officer 2nd Class Setsuo Ishino, age 19, took off from Kanoya Air Base in Japan’s Kagoshima prefecture. He was piloting a Zero fighter carrying a 500-kilogram bomb with the mission of carrying out a kamikaze attack on American forces. Ultimately, his plane struck the USS Missouri, plowing into its starboard side a little below the level of the main deck. Part of the plane was thrown onto the main deck in the crash while the rest of the wreckage fell into the water.
Marines Bring Fallen Comrades Home from Guadalcanal 80 Years Later

2 weeks ago | military.com | Kevin Knodell

Late in the dark hours of Friday night, a Marine Corps C-20G “gray ghost ” jet landed on the tarmac at Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay. It was returning from the Solomon Islands with a special assignment—bringing back what are believed to be the remains of Marines killed fighting on Guadalcanal more than eight decades ago. The plane was greeted by more than 100 Marines and sailors at the base as it pulled near the air terminal.
Russia has its own interests in the region as the U.S. shifts its focus there from Europe

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Kevin Knodell

U.S. NAVY / 2012 The Russian navy ship Admiral Panteleyev transits the waters of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam during a Rim of the Pacific exercise. 1 /2 U.S. NAVY / 2012 The Russian navy ship Admiral Panteleyev transits the waters of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam during a Rim of the Pacific exercise. STAR-ADVERTISER / 2012 Russian crewmen inspected docks the last time Russian ships came into Pearl Harbor for RIMPAC in 2012, their first time.
Marines bring fallen comrades home from Guadalcanal 80 years later

2 weeks ago | americanmilitarynews.com | Kevin Knodell

Late in the dark hours of Friday night, a Marine Corps C-20G “gray ghost ” jet landed on the tarmac at Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay. It was returning from the Solomon Islands with a special assignment—bringing back what are believed to be the remains of Marines killed fighting on Guadalcanal more than eight decades ago. The plane was greeted by more than 100 Marines and sailors at the base as it pulled near the air terminal.

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