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Boy Scout’s Memorial Day Good Turn event

By Bruce Asato

May 28, 2017

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Over 1800 Scouts and "scouters" (the family, friends and supporters of scouts) gathered at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl for the Boy Scout's Memorial Day Good Turn event, a tradition that dates back to 1945, where participants decorate every grave marker with a miniature American flag and lei. Ninety-four units of Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts and Venture Crew, ages 5 to 20, spread out among the 38,000 graves to ensure that each one has a flag and lei. Cub Scouts and Cubmaster Eric Keawe from Pack 81 gather lei from boxes to decorate a few dozen undecorated grave markers they spotted on the hillside in the background.
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Over 1800 Scouts and "scouters" (the family, friends and supporters of scouts) gathered at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl for the Boy Scout's Memorial Day Good Turn event, a tradition that dates back to 1945, where participants decorate every grave marker with a miniature American flag and lei. Ninety-four units of Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts and Venture Crew, ages 5 to 20, spread out among the 38,000 graves to ensure that each one has a flag and lei. Boy Scouts Collin Miyata, 17, and Tristan Laforga, 15, both from Troop 664, scan grave markers in need of a lei.
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Over 1800 Scouts and "scouters" (the family, friends and supporters of scouts) gathered at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl for the Boy Scout's Memorial Day Good Turn event, a tradition that dates back to 1945, where participants decorate every grave marker with a miniature American flag and lei. Ninety-four units of Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts and Venture Crew, ages 5 to 20, spread out among the 38,000 graves to ensure that each one has a flag and lei. Cub Scout Kepa Wong, 8, of Pack 81, prepares to put a lei on the grave marker of US Army Cpl. James G. Teer, one of several graves that were not decorated with lei until the Cub Scouts of Pack 81 noticed them and corrected the situation.
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Over 1800 Scouts and "scouters" (the family, friends and supporters of scouts) gathered at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl for the Boy Scout's Memorial Day Good Turn event, a tradition that dates back to 1945, where participants decorate every grave marker with a miniature American flag and lei. Ninety-four units of Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts and Venture Crew, ages 5 to 20, spread out among the 38,000 graves to ensure that each one has a flag and lei. Cub Scouts decorate grave markers with lei.
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Over 1800 Scouts and "scouters" (the family, friends and supporters of scouts) gathered at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl for the Boy Scout's Memorial Day Good Turn event, a tradition that dates back to 1945, where participants decorate every grave marker with a miniature American flag and lei. Ninety-four units of Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts and Venture Crew, ages 5 to 20, spread out among the 38,000 graves to ensure that each one has a flag and lei.
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Over 1800 Scouts and "scouters" (the family, friends and supporters of scouts) gathered at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl for the Boy Scout's Memorial Day Good Turn event, a tradition that dates back to 1945, where participants decorate every grave marker with a miniature American flag and lei. Ninety-four units of Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts and Venture Crew, ages 5 to 20, spread out among the 38,000 graves to ensure that each one has a flag and lei. Uniformed scouts render a hand salute during the presentation of colors.
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Over 1800 Scouts and "scouters" (the family, friends and supporters of scouts) gathered at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl for the Boy Scout's Memorial Day Good Turn event, a tradition that dates back to 1945, where participants decorate every grave marker with a miniature American flag and lei. Ninety-four units of Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts and Venture Crew, ages 5 to 20, spread out among the 38,000 graves to ensure that each one has a flag and lei. Boy Scout Rodney Rabang, Jr., of Troop 664, kneels and renders a salute after placing a lei on a grave marker.
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Musicians of the Marine Corps Forces Pacific Band, under the direction of SSgt Amanda Kranendonk-Myers, played patriotic anthems and military marches as part of the program for the over 1800 Scouts and "scouters" (the family, friends and supporters of scouts) gathered at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl for the Boy Scout's Memorial Day Good Turn event, a tradition that dates back to 1945, where participants decorate every grave marker with a miniature American flag and lei. Ninety-four units of Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts and Venture Crew, ages 5 to 20, spread out among the 38,000 graves to ensure that each one has a flag and lei.
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Over 1800 Scouts and "scouters" (the family, friends and supporters of scouts) gathered at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl for the Boy Scout's Memorial Day Good Turn event, a tradition that dates back to 1945, where participants decorate every grave marker with a miniature American flag and lei. Ninety-four units of Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts and Venture Crew, ages 5 to 20, spread out among the 38,000 graves to ensure that each one has a flag and lei. Cub Scout Andrew Shen, 8, of Pack 49, places a lei on the grave marker of Staff Sgt Warren M. Kanely, a soldier who died on Feb. 4, 1944.
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Over 1800 Scouts and "scouters" (the family, friends and supporters of scouts) gathered at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl for the Boy Scout's Memorial Day Good Turn event, a tradition that dates back to 1945, where participants decorate every grave marker with an American flag and lei. Ninety-four units of Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts and Venture Crew, ages 5 to 20, spread out among the 38,000 graves to ensure that each one has a flag and lei. Cub Scouts from Pack 49 eagerly take handfuls of flags to place at each grave marker.
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