{"id":5558,"date":"2024-05-06T18:51:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-06T18:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/national-memorial-day-concert\/?page_id=5558"},"modified":"2025-07-17T18:41:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T18:41:11","slug":"hoe-family-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/national-memorial-day-concert\/concert\/featured-stories\/hoe-family-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Hoe Family Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div  class=\" wp-block-pbs-blocks-row no-image\">\n\n            \n    <div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-col no-image has-parallax has-aspect-ratio\" >\n        <div class=\"content\">\n\n                            \n<div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-media-card has-video\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/national-memorial-day-concert\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Nainoa_Allen3_2004_Fort-Benning_Ranger-720x480.jpg');\">\n        \n                    <div class=\"responsive_embed\">\n                <div class=\"responsive_embed_inner\">\n                                        <iframe id=\"video_5876\"\n                    width=\"100%\"\n                    allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen\n                            frameborder=\"0\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/player.pbs.org\/partnerplayer\/M0pSCImJnaFOrkciZoO5vg==\/?start=0&amp;end=0&amp;topbar=false&amp;autoplay=false&amp;muted=false&amp;endscreen=true\">\n                    <\/iframe>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                \n        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n    <div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-col no-image has-aspect-ratio has-blue-background-color\" style=\"background-color:#1c2838;\">\n        <div class=\"content\">\n\n                            \n<div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-content has-pdt-60 has-pdb-60 has-pdl-60 has-pdr-60\">\n    <div class=\"content\">\n                \n\n<h1 class=\"has-gold-color has-text-color has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">GOLD STAR FAMILY<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>HONORING 1LT NAINOA K. HOE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class=\" wp-block-pbs-blocks-row no-image\">\n\n            \n    <div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-col no-image has-light-blue-background-color\" style=\"background-color:#a4c8ec;\">\n        <div class=\"content\">\n\n                            \n<div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-content has-pdt-60 has-pdb-60 has-pdl-60 has-pdr-60\">\n    <div class=\"content\">\n                \n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">ALLEN HOE&#8217;S STORY,<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">HONORING <strong>1LT NAINOA K.<\/strong> HOE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\">Performed by BD Wong<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>2024 National Memorial Day Concert<\/em><br><em>underscore music from the National Symphony Orchestra<\/em><\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div style=\"background-color:#e1e7ec;\" class=\" wp-block-pbs-blocks-row no-image has-light-gray-background-color\">\n\n            \n    <div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-col no-image\" >\n        <div class=\"content\">\n\n                            \n<div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-content has-pdt-60 has-pdb-60 has-pdl-60 has-pdr-60\">\n    <div class=\"content\">\n                \n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-light-gray-color\">&#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Allen K. Hoe was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, to a native Hawaiian and Caucasian mother and a Chinese and Japanese father. Hoe\u2019s father was a ship fitter at Pearl Harbor and served during World War II. Hoe grew up hearing about his family\u2019s warrior history. This culture of duty and service influenced Hoe to become a combat medic after the Army drafted him at 19 and to ask to serve in Vietnam. During his service, he received a Bronze Star Medal, a Purple Heart and a Combat Medic Badge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After Hoe\u2019s return from Vietnam, he met his wife, Adele. They married and had two sons, Nainoa and Nakoa. Both of Hoe\u2019s sons carried on their family\u2019s legacy of service by joining the military. In 2005, Army 1st Lt. Nainoa Hoe died in a sniper attack in Iraq at age 27. 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Nainoa K. Hoe, an accomplished soldier and officer, was beloved by his men. He received multiple awards and tributes, including on Schofield Barracks, Hawaii where the 1st Lt. Nainoa K. Hoe Joint Multinational Simulation Center, is named in his honor. The 1st Lt. Nainoa K. 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