The City Council dedicated time during its Dec. 7 Regular Meeting to two tragedies, one historic and the other still raw. The Council honored the 2,335 American service members killed in the Dec. 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor by inviting retired Captain Robert Wolff, an alumnus of Beverly Hills High School who served in World War II. The Council awarded Wolff with a proclamation on behalf of the city.
Wolff served in the U.S. Army Air Corps and flew eight bombing missions from his base in Scotland. On his last mission, his aircraft lost three engines and crashed into the English Channel. He and his crew survived, but were subsequently captured and interned by German forces until the end of the war.
