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One of the sole remaining survivors of the Pearl Harbor attack that launched World War II disobeyed orders and fought back. Now 100 years old, he continues to share his stories.
Two survivors of the bombing — each 100 or older — are planning to return to Pearl Harbor on Saturday to observe the 83rd anniversary of the attack that thrust the US into World War II.
Warren Upton, the oldest living survivor of the Pearl Harbor attack, has died at the age of 105. Upton died Wednesday at a Los Gatos, Calif., hospital. He had pneumonia, Kathleen Farley, the ...
Today there are only 16 still living, according to a list maintained by Kathleen Farley, the California state chair of the Sons and Daughters of Pearl Harbor Survivors. Military historian J. Michael Wenger has estimated there were some 87,000 military personnel on Oahu on the day of the attack.
Biden is using the 'are you better off today' question to contrast himself with Trump; Senegal heads to the polls Sunday in an election that has fired up political tensions; 1 of the few remaining survivors of the attack on Pearl Harbor has died at 102; Indonesia's defense minister, accused of abuses under dictatorship, is declared election winner
Warren “Red” Upton, the 105-year-old World War II US veteran who was the oldest living survivor of the 1941 Japanese surprise bombing of Pearl Harbor, died on Christmas Day, according to Sons ...
The Utah, a battleship, was moored at Pearl Harbor when Japanese planes began bombing the Hawaii naval base in the early hours of Dec. 7, 1941, in an attack that propelled the U.S. into World War II. Upton told The Associated Press in 2020 that he had been getting ready to shave when he felt the first torpedo hit the Utah. He recalled that no ...
In 2016, Fernandez was interviewed by the History Channel for the television show Pearl Harbor: The Last Word. [4] He had travelled to Hawaii three times to remember the attack, and had planned to visit in 2024 to commemorate the "83rd anniversary of the bombing", but was unable to due to a decline in his health. [5]