Centenarian Pearl Harbor Survivors Return to Honor Fallen Comrades on 82nd Anniversary

With their numbers rapidly dwindling, six survivors, all over 100 years old, commemorate the event that propelled the United States into World War II.

Six survivors of the Pearl Harbor attack, all over 100 years old, are expected to return to the site on the 82nd anniversary of the event to honor the more than 2,300 servicemen who were killed.
The number of Pearl Harbor survivors has been rapidly decreasing, with only one crew member of the USS Arizona, 102-year-old Lou Conter of California, still alive.
Survivor Ira 'Ike' Schab, 103, who served on the USS Dobbin during the attack, has been sharing his story with his family, student groups, and history buffs in recent years.
The ceremony will be held on a field across the harbor from the USS Arizona Memorial, where a moment of silence will be observed at 7:55 a.m., the same time the attack began on Dec. 7, 1941.
Schab, who worked on the Apollo program after the war, returns to Pearl Harbor to 'pay honor to the guys that didn’t make it.'