Word: hickam
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...week after Ferdinand Marcos touched down at Hickam Air Force Base in Hawaii, U.S. Customs officials were still examining his luggage. The deposed Philippine President and his 88-member entourage brought with them 22 boxes of freshly minted pesos and 278 crates of jewelry, artworks, gold and real estate deeds. That cache last week became the centerpiece in a tug-of-war between Marcos and the new government of Corazon Aquino, which claimed that the loot and other Marcos wealth abroad legally belonged to the Filipino people. The Reagan Administration found itself caught between its desire to help the fledgling...
There was widespread support, however, for Aquino's efforts to reclaim the Marcos riches. Within days of the former President's arrival at Hickam, the Philippine Central Bank filed a motion in U.S. district court in Hawaii to obtain an accounting of the money Marcos took with him. By week's end the U.S. Customs Service, which retained custody of the bounty, reported that the 22 boxes contained approximately $1.4 million in pesos. An inventory of the remaining crates is expected this week...
...Reagan headed for the country of the Great Helmsman-Mao-he kept calling himself "the great salesman." Indeed, both sides were most aggressive about pushing the commercial side of international chumminess. "The Pacific Basin is one of our fastest-growing markets," Reagan said at Honolulu's Hickam Field, using the geographical buzzword of the week. "We must work with our friends to keep the Pacific truly peaceful-an ocean for commerce, not conflict...
Torpedoes launched from bombers tore at the dreadnoughts in Pearl Harbor. Dive-bombers swooped down on the Army's Hickam and Wheeler Fields. All the way from Pacific Heights down to the center of town the planes soared, leaving a wake of destruction...