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94-year-old Chester “Ski” Biernacki of Jamestown, CA tells his story of survival on episode #441 of Hometown Heroes, airing October 14-16, 2016. A native of New Bedford, MA, Biernacki was aboard the light cruiser USS Helena (CL-50) on the morning of December 7, 1941.
[…] for a magazine article by Chace Anderson in 2014. For more of Biernacki’s WWII memories, check out episode #441 of Hometown Heroes from October, […]
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