He enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps in Chicago on November 5, 1940. In June 1941 the Army Air Corps became the Army Air Force. Sherman was assigned to the Hawaiian Division. At some point, Sherman Levine was transferred to Hickam AFB on the island of Oahu, Hawaii.
According to eyewitness reports, Sherman Levine was one of two observers who were on duty at Hickam when the Japanese struck. Sherman was in the administration building near the flight line. Running back past two buildings to get his helmet he was caught with the others in the open on the edge of the parade grounds. He was one of five weathermen struck down by an 800-pound Japanese bomb as they made their way back to the barracks.
Sherman Levine was temporarily buried in Hawaii, as were his fallen comrades. In 1947 the family finally got the news they had been waiting for, for so long: Sherman's body would be one of the hundreds of bodies returned to Chicago for burial.
Sherman Levine was reburied with full military honors at Westlawn Cemetery on October 26, 1947, in the Dahlia Section next to his father who died in 1942 without ever knowing about Sherman's death at Pearl Harbor.
He enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps in Chicago on November 5, 1940. In June 1941 the Army Air Corps became the Army Air Force. Sherman was assigned to the Hawaiian Division. At some point, Sherman Levine was transferred to Hickam AFB on the island of Oahu, Hawaii.
According to eyewitness reports, Sherman Levine was one of two observers who were on duty at Hickam when the Japanese struck. Sherman was in the administration building near the flight line. Running back past two buildings to get his helmet he was caught with the others in the open on the edge of the parade grounds. He was one of five weathermen struck down by an 800-pound Japanese bomb as they made their way back to the barracks.
Sherman Levine was temporarily buried in Hawaii, as were his fallen comrades. In 1947 the family finally got the news they had been waiting for, for so long: Sherman's body would be one of the hundreds of bodies returned to Chicago for burial.
Sherman Levine was reburied with full military honors at Westlawn Cemetery on October 26, 1947, in the Dahlia Section next to his father who died in 1942 without ever knowing about Sherman's death at Pearl Harbor.
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