[QCWA] Monitoring Stn on Maui

[Norm Gertz]

Joe....sorry.....the Marines didnt name the road Kokomo Road....
it was there when we got there.  A continuation of the Haiku Road connecting 
with Makawao Road.

If you told the locals there that you were a "Maui Marine" you would be 
welcomed with open arms.

BTW...that was the famous 4th Marine Division whose last action was on Iwo 
Jima.(also Roi-Namur, Saipan and Tinian)

73    Norm   K1AA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joseph Fenn" <jfenn at lava.net>
To: <qcwa at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2006 8:04 PM
Subject: [QCWA] Monitoring Stn on Maui


>A few notes about the Marine Division that was stationed on Maui
> in 1940.  Those guys were mostly all from Indiana and surrounging
> States.   So what did they do, the named one of the Streets in
> their area "Kokomo St".  I actually been to Maui many times
> in the 70's and 80's, and that street sign is still there.
> Since I was born in Kokomo, Indiana I was shocked.  I querried
> many Hawaiians as to whether that was a name like that in their
> language and they said no way!!    Sice I also moonlighted
> with local music players here paying upright bass, at times
> people in the audience would ask me are you a local boy.
> My answer was I am a Maui boy from Kokomo.   They baught it
> and I almost died laughing yet the believed me because they
> all knew about "Kokomo" st in Maui.
>                       Joe
>
>
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