Drake Jr., a Kentuckian believed to be the oldest survivor of the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor, has died at the age ...

A veteran believed to be the world’s oldest Pearl Harbor survivor has died at 106 years old. Vaughn P. Drake Jr. from ...

Wilfred "Jasper" Holmes, a U.S. Naval officer, personally sent expensive scotch to any U.S. skipper who sank a ship of the ...

Last spring, Lou Conter, the last living survivor of the USS Arizona battleship that exploded and sank during the Japanese ...

Pearl Harbor survivor and Kentucky native Vaughn P. Drake Jr. has passed away at the age of 106, according to a release.

His death comes a year after that of Lou Conter, the last known survivor of the attack on the USS Arizona, a battleship sunk by the Japanese during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Conter, who was just ...

Soon after the attack on Pearl Harbor, however, Holmes became involved in much more vital work than his prewar task of keeping track of the positions of noncombatant ships at sea in the Eastern ...

Drake went on to serve in the Battle of Saipan in the Marianas campaign of WWII's Pacific theater as well.He received the special Congressional Medal for the Veterans of Pearl Harbor, the Army ...

A mess attendant on duty during the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor saved lives and took a position to defend the ship, and his ...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — A Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter plane into the USS Missouri and ignited a fireball on ...