{"id":6368,"date":"2021-03-02T14:46:55","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T14:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/?p=6368"},"modified":"2021-03-02T14:46:55","modified_gmt":"2021-03-02T14:46:55","slug":"from-kitv-4-hawaii-soldier-receives-christmas-gift-in-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/2021\/03\/02\/from-kitv-4-hawaii-soldier-receives-christmas-gift-in-february\/","title":{"rendered":"From KITV-4: Hawai&#8217;i soldier receives Christmas gift in February"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6370\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/2021\/03\/02\/from-kitv-4-hawaii-soldier-receives-christmas-gift-in-february\/hickam-holiday-bill-winner-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/Hickam-Holiday-Bill-Winner-1-e1614696113427.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1000,838\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Hickam Holiday Bill Winner\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/Hickam-Holiday-Bill-Winner-1-e1614696113427.jpg?w=300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/Hickam-Holiday-Bill-Winner-1-e1614696113427.jpg?w=1000\" class=\"wp-image-6370 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/Hickam-Holiday-Bill-Winner-1-e1614696113427.jpg\" alt=\"Hickam Holiday Bill winner\" width=\"241\" height=\"201\" \/>HONOLULU, Hawaii &#8211; It may be well into the new year, but one Hawaii Army National Guard Soldier is still celebrating the holidays.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"Article-paragraph\">Staff Sgt. 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