COURTESY BILL KRUMPELMAN
Wayne Miyata, a former Hawaii Army National Guard sergeant who now lives in Virginia, came across a little taste of home at a plate lunch palace -- Aloha B.B.Q Grill -- on Monday in Fairbanks, Alaska.

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