Remembering Pearl Harbor 82 Years Later

December 7, 2023 6:19 am

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — Pearl Harbor survivor Ira Schab is planning to return to the Hawaii naval base 82 years after Japan’s bombing propelled the U.S. into World War II. Schab is expected to be one of just six survivors at a remembrance ceremony for the more than 2,300 servicemen killed on Dec. 7, 1941. The actual number may fluctuate, depending on how many of the increasingly frail men are able to attend. The aging pool of Pearl Harbor survivors has been rapidly shrinking. There is now just one crew member of the USS Arizona still living. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs doesn’t have statistics for how many Pearl Harbor survivors are still living.