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https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/military/pearl-harbor-attack-survivor-dies-at-106/
Vaughn P. Drake Jr., who was on Oahu during the 1941 attack
on Pearl Harbor has died, according to an obituary.
At 106, Drake was believed to be the oldest known U.S. survivor
of the Battle of Pearl Harbor, his obituary read. Drake died
on April 7.
He was born on Nov. 6, 1918, in Winchester, Kentucky. He studied
at the University of Kentucky College of Engineering before
serving in the Army Corps of Engineers during World War II,
where he saw combat at the battles of Pearl Harbor and Saipan
in the Pacific Theater.
. . .
My old man was there ... but as a civilian contractor
making weekend overtime money. One of the team stepped
out of a service tunnel to get a better look and immediately
caught one through the leg.
The construction crews were basically imprisoned in
Hawaii for the duration - the need for reconstruction
and upgrades to the blasted stuff was THAT high.
Anybody who thinks the US mil magically can't be sneak-
attacked needs to remember Pearl Harbor. Note that
Diego Garcia IS in range of Iranian missiles ......
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