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☆ Warren Upton, the oldest living survivor of the attack on Pearl Harbor, dies at 105
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-28 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Ap-Live-Blog-Byline-Image.Png | The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

HONOLULU — Warren Upton, the oldest living survivor of the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the last remaining survivor of the USS Utah, has died. Upton died Wednesday at a hospital in Los Gatos, California, after suffering a bout of pneumonia, said Kathleen Farley, the California state chair of the Sons and Daughters of Pearl Harbor Survivors. The Utah, a battleship, was moored at Pearl Harbor when Japanese planes began bombing the Hawaii naval base in the early hours of Dec. 7, 1941, in an attack that propelled the U.S. into World War II. The then-22-year-old swam ashore to Ford Island, where he jumped in a trench to avoid Japanese planes strafing the area. There were an estimated 87,000 military personnel on Oahu on the day of the attack, according to military historian J. Michael Wenger.

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☆ Warren ‘Red’ Upton, the oldest living survivor of the attack on Pearl Harbor, dies at 105
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-28 | by ( Kia Fatahi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Warren “Red” Upton, a 105-year-old World War II US veteran who was the oldest living survivor of the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, died on Christmas Day, according to his family and the Sons and Daughters of Pearl Harbor Survivors, a veteran’s organization. The last time Upton went to Hawaii was in 2019, when he attended a remembrance ceremony at the USS Utah Memorial, Farley told CNN. Born on October 17, 1919, in El Dorado, California, Upton served as a Navy radioman aboard the USS Utah, according to Farley and Upton’s daughter. Upton continued to serve as a radioman throughout the war and later served in the Korean War, according to Farley. After the war, Upton returned to California, where he worked as secretary of Pearl Harbor Survivors Chapter 7 in San Jose, where he facilitated meetings and reported deaths of survivors from his chapter.

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☆ Only 16 survivors of the Pearl Harbor attack are still alive. On the 83rd anniversary, they still share their stories
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-07 | by ( Alaa Elassar | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

On Saturday, thousands will gather on the shores of Pearl Harbor for the 83rd anniversary of the bombing. “Several events are planned to honor our beloved Pearl Harbor survivors, our fathers, grandfathers and great-grandfathers who were there, and we know their stories,” Farley said. His family had raised more than $5,000 to help him travel to attend the Pearl Harbor Commemorations. Sailors walk amongst the wreckage of the American destroyers USS Cassin and USS Downes after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941. But it was extinguished during the West Coast blackout following the Pearl Harbor attack out of fear it may lead to an attack on California.

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☆ ‘Corporate Erin’ and the social media talent making us laugh about our work
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Erin Throlopolis is the Manager for the Managerial Logistics of Management for McManagement. Erin loves corporate speak so much, she has a book coming out to help the rest of us get in on the fun. “‘Corporate Natalie’ grew out of sheer 2020 peak-Covid boredom,” Marshall told CNN. Courtesy Cruz Corral“On Instagram the conversations are wild,” Cruz told CNN. Her “Nonprofit Boss” character is as triggering as Beasley’s “Corporate Erin.” (The pair even teamed up for a joint video.)

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense department authorities say the remains of an Ohio sailor killed during the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, have been identified. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said Monday that Navy Seaman 2nd Class Stanley C. Galaszewski, 29, of Steubenville, Ohio, was one of 104 crewmen on the battleship USS California killed during the Dec. 7, 1941, attack. Unidentified remains were buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl in Honolulu. In 2018, the remains of 25 unknown casualties were exhumed and DNA and other evidence was used to identify the remains of Galaszewski, who officials said was accounted for in May. Political Cartoons View All 1190 ImagesGalaszewski will be buried Nov. 3 in Steubenville, Ohio.

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☆ A US Navy battleship all but sunk at Pearl Harbor was brought back to life to battle the Germans on D-Day. The military later blasted it with a nuclear bomb.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The USS Nevada saw the world and multiple combat operations during its three decades of service. It was severely damaged at Pearl Harbor but later restored to hit German positions during D-Day. After returning to duty, the Nevada spent the next 11 years operating around the Pacific, and as tensions increased with Japan, the Nevada spent much of 1941 carrying out training exercises in the region. The USS Nevada burns following the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese military. Damaged and radioactive, the Nevada survived the tests and returned to Pearl Harbor to be decommissioned later in August.

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