Before the war
Durward Swanson, third from the left, stands with his patrol team in front of the 3,200-man consolidated barracks early 1941 photo at Hickam Field. Swanson was a staff sergeant in the Army Air Corps when the Japanese executed their surprise attack of the military installations on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. Swanson went on to the Battle of Midway in June 1942 as a crew chief, where his B-17 was shot down, leaving him with injuries to his leg, side and face. (Courtesy photo)
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