Aloha!

[Assignment: 48-DPA-09-28-08_SOI_K_NPS_Vol_AZ] President's Call to Service Award ceremony and reception for volunteers at the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, Hawaii, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [joining the National Park Service's Chief Historian for the Memorial, Daniel Martinez, among the dignitaries on hand] [48-DPA-09-28-09_SOI_K_NPS_Vol_AZ_IOD_4582.JPG]

Some observations on Hawaiian forests and forest cover in their relation to water supply

Pearl Harbor survivors wave to the U.S. Navy Amphibious Assault Ship USS PEARL HARBOR (LSD 52) at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Dec. 8, 2006, during the joint Navy/National Park Service ceremonies commemorating the 65th Anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. More than 1,500 Pearl Harbor survivors, their families and their friends from around the nation joined the more than 2,000 distiguished guests and the general public for the annual Pearl Harbor observance. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST 2nd Class Lindsay J. Switzer) (Released)

Mauna Loa - the Lower Crater Island of Hawaii - Hawaii

Hawaii - Honolulu

View of the east end of Atooi... [Kauai, Hawaii]

Hawaii - Kilauea Volcano

An American Sugar Mill at Eva, Hawaiian Islands

Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) Heritage event at HUD headquarters, with Hawaii Senator Daniel Inouye and Washington, D.C. television news anchor Eun Yang [among the guest speakers,] and Secretary Shaun Donovan and Deputy Secretary Ron Sims [among the HUD senior officials on hand]

[Assignment: 48-DPA-12-6-06_K_CPix_Kemp_HI] Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [and aides] to Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, Hawaii [for commemorative events on the 65th anniversary of the Japanese attack] [48-DPA-12-6-06_K_CPix_Kemp_HI_IMG_0213.JPG]