Carl Cohick: 'We'll Never Get Through That'
When city resident Carl Cohick flew his first bombing mission over Japan on May 23, 1945, he figured it would be his last. “The first one was over Tokyo. When we got within sight of it and saw all the fire and flak, I thought, ‘We’ll never get through that,’ but we did,” Cohick said. Cohick not only survived his initial bombing run over Japan, he ended up flying a total of 14 missions — all in a B-29 Superfortress. Cohick was born in 1925 in Salladasburg. He went to the Steam Mill school — a one-room school house — until eighth grade, then went to Williamsport High School. He was drafted into the Army in December 1943. Cohick had been married that year to his wife Beatrice and the couple had just welcomed their first child — a baby girl — less than a month before he reported for duty. When he reported to New Cumberland, he was among a group of draftees asked if they wanted to volunteer for the Air Corps, which then was a branch of the Army and forerunner to the Air Forc.
» Full StoryNick Cioffi: 'My mother said a lot of prayers for me'
Williamsport resident Nick Cioffi was a sophomore in high school when Pearl Harbor was bombed by the Japanese.
“I thought, ‘I’ll never get into the war.’ I was worried it would be over by the time I graduated,” Cioffi said.
WILBUR GRIGGS: 'Nobody knew what I was talking about'
About 2 1/2 years after the infamous Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, another tragedy occurred there that received barely a mention in the American press.
» Full StoryPhil 'Chick' Wells - Closer than Brothers
City native Phil “Chick” Wells landed on Iwo Jima on Feb. 19, 1945, at 18 years of age as a member of 2nd Platoon, Fox Co., 2nd Battalion 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division.
Wells was in an infantry rifle platoon.
Ernest Eakin: "I don't believe in that hero stuff"
When the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, going to war was the last thing on South Williamsport resident Ernest Eakin’s mind.
“We had gone out to my cousin’s farm in Cascade (Township) looking for a Christmas tre.
HAROLD S. SONES: Nobody wanted to be a POW
Although he never flew one, Muncy resident Harold S. Sones has a special place in his heart for the P-51 Mustang.
A P-51 watched over Sones’ disabled B-17 as it limped back to Belgium after a bombing run over Berlin during World War II.
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