Life Joseph A. Pesek

Technical Sergeant Joseph A. Pesek, of the U.S. Army Air Corps, was stationed with the 5th Bomber Group at Hickam Field at the time of the attack. In this exciting firstperson account, he offers the useful perspective of one who ran across large sections of the base, chronicling the actions of many comrades while repeatedly escaping death himself at every turn.

On the morning of December 7, 1941, I got up shortly after 6 A.M. and walked to the NCO club for breakfast which was adjacent to the Pearl Harbor Naval Base. At the time I was a Tech Sergeant in the 5th Bomber Group and sharing half of a duplex government house with Joe Barrett, 4th Recon Squadron. After breakfast, I headed for the bus stop to wait for the 8:05 bus to take me to...