Hickam Field Survivor’s remains make final journey through Hickam

Wilfred "Fred" Toczko began his military career as a young private first class in the United States Army Air Corps. Dec. 7, 1941, Toczko had just started his early morning guard duty shift when the Japanese planes began their attack on Hickam Field. Toczko and another Soldier quickly set up a water-cooled machine gun, only to learn that the bases water supply had been knocked out. Thinking quickly, they broke into the Coca-Cola machines in the barracks and began pouring Coke into the liquid cooling compartment of the weapon in order to make it operable and enable them to fight back. (Courtesy photo)

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