Paul H. Bachelor Schofield Barracks |
I was in the Army stationed at Schofield Barracks. I was a buck sergeant in the medical corps, 24th medical battalion, ambulance company, (I had been hurt in the infantry). I had gotten married in May, 1941. My wife and I were asleep at the time of the bombing at 0755. When I got to the general hospital, I found out that Pearl Harbor, Hickam Field, and Wheeler Field had been hit by the Japs. Wheeler is about 5 miles from Schofield Barracks. I rounded up some drivers and sent them to Wheeler to bring out the dead and wounded to the hospital. We completely evacuated Wheeler Field without the loss of a man or vehicle. After my wife was evacuated to the states, I put in for infantry G.C.S. I was commissioned a 2nd Lt. In December, 1942. After 20 years of service, I retired a captain of infantry. |
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