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Hawaii County will give the West Hawaii Veterans Cemetery $15,000 to construct a memorial garden for prisoners of war and soldiers missing in action.
Hawaii County will give the West Hawaii Veterans Cemetery $15,000 to construct a memorial garden for prisoners of war and soldiers missing in action.
The County Council approved a resolution to allocate the funds in a 9-0 vote Wednesday.
There have been 81,705 POW/MIA soldiers since World War II, with 79 from Hawaii, according to the resolution.
North Kona Councilwoman Karen Eoff, who introduced the resolution, said the county will pay for the material and will work with the cemetery’s nonprofit organization to build the memorial.