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Topic: Shuttle 'ola mau ko akaku' 3" patch
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Rambler Typhoon
Member Posts: 27
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Registered: Dec 2015
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posted 01-29-2018 05:49 PM
   
Sorting out my collection this weekend I found a 3" patch with this design and can't find any background information on it.Souvenir size, so I assume a retail product of some kind, but I'm puzzled by the reference since a web search doesn't seem to pull up anything related to the space program. A seller on eBay who is offering this patch claimed to be selling AB Emblem sales rep examples in the past, but I don't know if this was part of that group or not. The listing (362147807308) was the only thing I could turn up related to this patch, though.  |
Liembo
Member Posts: 583
From: Bothell, WA
Registered: Jan 2013
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posted 01-29-2018 07:52 PM
Rough translation: "Live long after seeing a vision"? |
Rambler Typhoon
Member Posts: 27
From:
Registered: Dec 2015
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posted 01-29-2018 08:43 PM
In what language? |
Liembo
Member Posts: 583
From: Bothell, WA
Registered: Jan 2013
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posted 01-29-2018 09:07 PM
I translated it from Hawaiian. |
mode1charlie
Member Posts: 1169
From: Honolulu, HI
Registered: Sep 2010
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posted 01-29-2018 10:01 PM
Google Translate renders it as "eternal life" (in Hawaiian). I don't know, but I suspect, this is to commemorate the life of Ellison Onizuka, who as we know was from Hawaii. |
Rambler Typhoon
Member Posts: 27
From:
Registered: Dec 2015
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posted 01-29-2018 10:18 PM
Ah, that make sense regarding Onizuka! The batch of patches these were mixed in with did all seem to be from the 80s.No recall on who issued these?
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