Bob Fernandez, a 100-year-old survivor of the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, died shortly after ... Through a porthole, Fernandez saw a plane fly by with the red ball insignia known to be ...

By Rachel Nostrant Robert Fernandez, one of the last known American survivors of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, died on Wednesday in Lodi, Calif., just days after the 83rd anniversary of the attack.

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP ... Through a porthole, Fernandez saw a plane with the red ball insignia painted on Japanese aircraft fly by. Fernandez rushed down three decks to a magazine room ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Robert Fernandez was 17 when his U.S. Navy ship was attacked by Japanese forces at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7 ...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — Ira “Ike” Schab, a 104-year-old Pearl Harbor survivor, spent six weeks in physical therapy to build the strength to stand and salute during a remembrance ceremony ...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — Ira “Ike” Schab ... Through a porthole, Fernandez saw a plane with the red ball insignia painted on Japanese aircraft fly by. Fernandez rushed down three decks ...

Four months later, he found himself shaking from explosions and passing ammunition to artillery crews so his ship's guns could return fire on Japanese planes bombing Pearl Harbor, a Navy base in ...

As bombs fell on Pearl Harbor during a shocking attack, transforming serene Hawaiian waters into a graveyard of twisted metal, burning wreckage and the roar of destruction, Earl “Chuck” Kohler ...

Pearl Harbor "changed the future of the world," U.S. President Joe Biden said at a White House event for veterans and their families on Friday, the eve of the anniversary of Japan's surprise ...

War is often caused by a failure of imagination. Before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor — whose 83rd anniversary we’ll observe on Saturday — most Americans believed the United States was ...