2 Pearl Harbor survivors, ages 104 and 102, return to Hawaii to honor those killed in 1941 attack
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December 9, 2024

2 Pearl Harbor survivors, ages 104 and 102, return to Hawaii to honor those killed in 1941 attack

By By AUDREY MCAVO Associated Press 

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — Ira “Ike” Schab, a 104-year-old Pearl Harbor attack survivor, was so determined to stand and salute during a remembrance ceremony honoring those killed in the Japanese bombing that thrust the U.S. into World War II some 83 years ago that he spent six weeks in physical therapy to build the strength to do so.

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