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Title: One of the last survivors of the Pearl Harbor attack has died at 102
Post by: rangerrebew on March 21, 2024, 07:47:12 pm

One of the last survivors of the Pearl Harbor attack has died at 102
By Audrey McAvoy, The Associated Press
 Mar 21, 01:07 PM
 

Pearl Harbor survivor and Navy veteran Dick Higgins died Tuesday, March 19, 2024, at his home in Bend, Ore. He was 102. (Joe Kline/The Bulletin via AP)
HONOLULU — Richard C. “Dick” Higgins, one of the few remaining survivors of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, has died, a family member said Wednesday. He was 102.

Higgins died at home in Bend, Oregon, on Tuesday of natural causes, granddaughter Angela Norton said.


Higgins was a radioman assigned to a patrol squadron of seaplanes based at the Hawaii naval base when Japanese planes began dropping bombs on the morning of Dec. 7, 1941.

He recounted in a 2008 oral history interview how he was in his bunk inside a screened-in lanai, or porch, on the third floor of his barracks when the bombing began.

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-navy/2024/03/21/one-of-the-last-survivors-of-the-pearl-harbor-attack-has-died-at-102/

Title: Re: One of the last survivors of the Pearl Harbor attack has died at 102
Post by: rangerrebew on March 21, 2024, 07:48:15 pm

 :flag:

Title: Re: One of the last survivors of the Pearl Harbor attack has died at 102
Post by: rustynail on March 21, 2024, 08:23:56 pm

Now with 'sue and settle' the EPA can force the Navy to get that oil leaking ship out of the harbor.