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Posted at 4:57 p.m., Saturday, June 24, 2006

Hugh O'Reilly dies at 91

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The honorary Sgt. Maj., Hugh F. O'Reilly, of the Army's 27th Infantry Regiment Wolfhounds died of natural causes on Friday at age 91.

O'Reilly was named honorary Sgt. Maj. of the regiment for his selfless service after establishing a special relationship with the Holy Family Home orphanage in Osaka, Japan in 1949. The program arranged for Japanese orphans to make annual visits to Hawai'i.