This article appeared in the Spring 2017 issue of
Friends and Neighbors Magazine
Sonora, California

Permission to use this has been granted
by
Suzy Hopkins, editor
and
Chace Anderson, author

This article is mostly about Chester J ' Ski ' Biernacki and Wally Walling.

Ski was on the Helena at Pearl Harbor and Wally was stationed on the Pennsylvania.
However, Wally's view of the attack was quite different and his story is in the last page.

Ski and Dave Thomas had never met prior to the reception their third day in Hawaii.
Ski tells about how he met Dave.

Original photos are in
Part 2.

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