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Article: PEARL HARBOR VET LIKES FILM, BUT ... IT HAS TOO MUCH LOVE STUFF AND NOT ENOUGH HISTORY, HE SAYS.(FRONT)
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- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- May 26, 2001
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Byline: Tom Alesia Wisconsin State Journal
Shortly after sunrise on Dec. 7, 1941, Army Air Corps mechanic Ewald Koch showered, preparing to go to church. Stationed at Hickam Field in Pearl Harbor, he heard explosions nearby. While dressing, he scrambled outside with his military cohorts. They saw what they considered unthinkable: Japanese bombers approaching in the distance.
Koch (pronounced "Cook") and three others ran to a parking lot 60 feet away and squeezed underneath cars. The planes blew up their barracks and dining hall, killing four soldiers who hid in the dining area's coolers.
Bombs thundered across the airfield. "My foot's gone," ...