FIREFIGHTERS KILLED & INJURED IN THE LINE OF DUTY AT PEARL HARBOR:
As the Hickam Field firefighting apparatus was knocked out, Honolulu Fire companies responded to assist with the fires. At 0826 a Japanese aerial bomb was dropped on crews from HFD Engine Co.1, 4, and 6. 3 Firefighters, Captain John Carreira, Captain Thomas S. Macy, and Hoseman Harry T.L. Pang were killed in the Line of Duty. An additional 6 were wounded from shrapnel. They were Honolulu Fire Lieutenant Fred Kealoha, Hoseman Moses Kalilikane, Hoseman John A. Gilman, Hoseman Solomon H. Naauao, Hoseman Patrick J. McCabe, and Hoseman George Correa. In 1944 they all were awarded the Order of the Purple Heart. They are the only non-military personnel to have received this award. MORE on Pearl Harbor as we remember those lost on December 7, 1941: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/pearlharbor/
Seventy years today. And there's just the one survivor left from the Arizona.
ReplyDeleteI've had the priviledge of visiting Pearl Harbor. It is a somber place, standing above the ship. We need to never forget the bravery of so many that day.
ReplyDeleteI haven't been to Hawaii, but when I go Pearl is my first stop. Amazing to think that it happened so long ago ... when I was a kid it was still fresh in the minds of a lot of people my dad's age and older.
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