Honoring the Survivors' Legacy - Attacks on Oahu (Part 7)

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  • By Jessie Higa
  • HQ PACAF/PA
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii --  Col. Andrew Kowalski, USAF retired of Honolulu.

He was the First Sgt. of the 14th Recon Sqdrn., Hickam Field.
On the morning of 7 December 1941, he was in his NCO quarters on 14th Street.
During the attack, he reported for duty at the wing headquarters building on the 2nd floor where he assisted the commander.
Col. Kowalski is 97 years old.

(Jessie Higa research files Nov 2011)
Photo courtesy of http://hawaii.gov/hawaiiaviation