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Author: MC2 Daniel Coxwest, All Hands Magazine

Ski a WWII Veteran's Story next to an elderly man's face. - Ski a WWII Veteran's Story

Ski: Portrait of a WWII Pilot

Oct. 21, 2020

One Navy Team

Lethality

The story of Zygmund “Ski” Kowalewski, a retired enlisted pilot his journey in the Navy and what it was like to be an enlisted pilot during WWII in the Pacific Fleet, including his plane getting shot down and surviving.