From the December 8th Sentinel.
Pennsylvania honored its Pearl Harbor Survivors at a ceremony attended by eight of them: George Grove, Hank Heim, Robert Leidhecker, Frank Navagato, Robert Moreo, Victor Petersen, Richard Schimmel and Ned Shayheman.
HANK HEIM, 88, of New Cumberland became a major later in the war and flew 75 missions in World War II and 51 in Korea. He heard lots of planes that day but thought they were US maneuvers until he heard them diving and saw one coming at his barracks and firing its guns. "I hit the floor as he shot above me. I never saw 55 men get out of bed so quick in my life."
He got mad and decided to get a machine gun from a downed plane, but encountered strafing and was knocked out when a 500-pound bomb blew up nearby.
Heim came to and was continuing with his plan, but the plane was hit and caught fire.
Greatest Generation. --DaCoot
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