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FROM: Staff Sgt. Clinton Haina
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Age 42, Hilo, noncommissioned officer in charge, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 299th Infantry, Hawaiçi National Guard. Civilian job: certified nurse assistant at North Hawaiçi Community Hospital.
Thank you for all the support that we’ve been getting from home. It’s a morale booster for all the men. Without that support, I think it would be tougher. I know it has been tough on my family, especially my wife, raising my son.
I missed my oldest son’s graduation from high school. Being a leader, you make sacrifices. I let another soldier
go home for his daughter’s graduation. Coming to Iraq has taught us a lot of things about the living conditions here. From Iraq to Hawai‘i is totally different. We should be happy with what we’ve got.
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Richard Ambo • The Honolulu Advertiser
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