Ira ‘Ike’ Schab, one of last remaining Pearl Harbor survivors, dies aged 105

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Source: theguardian.com
Ira ‘Ike’ Schab, one of last remaining Pearl Harbor survivors, dies aged 105

Schab was a 21-year-old navy musician aboard USS Dobbin when Japan carried out surprise attack in 1941

A second world war veteran who was among the last survivors of the 1941 Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor died on Saturday.

Ira “Ike” Schab, who served in the US navy at the time of the bombing, was 105, according to a statement from the USS Arizona Memorial, which pays tribute to military members who were killed at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941.

The Associated Press contributed reporting

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