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Oldest known Pearl Harbor survivor passes
Vaughn P. Drake Jr., 106, of Lexington, Kentucky passed away on April 7, according to the Pacific Historic Parks USS Arizona ...
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DNA collection nears mark needed to exhume USS Arizona unknowns from Hawaii cemetery
A Virginia real estate agent is close to finishing a self-appointed mission aimed at collecting enough DNA to meet the ...
Oldest known survivor of the Pearl Harbor attack dies at age 106
Vaughn P. Drake Jr., a Kentuckian believed to be the oldest survivor of the Dec. 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, has died at ...
World’s oldest Pearl Harbor survivor dies at 106: ‘Lived with integrity every single day’
A veteran believed to be the world’s oldest Pearl Harbor survivor has died at 106 years old. Vaughn P. Drake Jr. from ...
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Black solider killed in Pearl Habor buried in hometown more than 80 years after death
According to NBC News, on April 3, Navy Mess Attendant 3rd Class Neil Frye received full military honors as his remains were ...
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A US Navy captain ordered a military funeral for a kamikaze pilot during WWII. Here's why
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — A Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter ... CEO of the Battleship Missouri Memorial. “This is a remarkable story of compassion and humanity, even in the midst of one of ...
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Oldest known survivor of the Pearl Harbor attack dies at age 106
On the morning of Dec. 7, 1941, Vaughn Drake was a 23-year-old member of the Army Corps of Engineers at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii ... to the Pearl Harbor National Memorial website.