Herman Wedemeyer

Known as "Squirmin' Herman" when he was a running back in his college football days, Wedemeyer was named an all-American in 1945. Grabbed by the Los Angeles Dons in the first round draft, his football career was cut short by an injury, so Wedemeyer returned to his native Hawaii where he served on the Honolulu City Council and later in the state House of Representatives. But people from all over the world remember him best as Edward "Duke" Lukela, a tough, smart cop who did the footwork for Jack Lord's "Steve McGarrett" from 1971 to 1980 on the popular Hawaii Five-O TV series. Wedemeyer died January 25 in Honolulu. He was 74. From This is True for 24 January 1999 Suggestions for further reading: Charlie Chan: The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective and His Rendezvous ... by Yunte Huang Amazon Price: $15.75 Customer Review: As a young Asian American who had never seen a Charlie Chan movie but was taught to despise the character for he has stood for, I began reading this book with a lot of skepticism. But I couldn't put it down. The book has opened a new horizon for me a...   Swimsuit by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro Amazon Price: Customer Review: The cover of the book states, "The most satisfying James Patterson novel since Kiss the Girls". This could not be further from the truth. Kiss the Girls was the first Patterson novel I read and I became a Patterson fan, reading many of his books. ...   Maui Revealed: The Ultimate Guidebook by Andrew Doughty Amazon Price: $12.89 Customer Review: I took both Maui Revealed (MR) and Frommer's Maui 2010 to Maui this month, and liked Frommers more. Both were good books in general. MR is a beautiful book! The pages are glossy and thick with beautiful pictures. The narrative is funny ...   The Ultimate Kauai Guidebook: Kauai Revealed by Andrew Doughty Amazon Price: $11.53 Customer Review: Everyone has this book and everyone raved about it so we bought it and took it to Hawaii with us. The information was mostly spot on and occasionally pretty far off. I think it may need to be updated. That said, everyone will tell you to buy this boo...   Hawaii The Big Island Revealed: The Ultimate Guidebook by Andrew Doughty Amazon Price: $11.53 Customer Review: We traveled to three of the Hawaiian islands - buying two of the books in this series - and this one was probably due for an update. It's not terribly inaccurate but misleading in parts, especially the driving directions. We took the "best of" advice...   Newsfeed display by CaRP

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