Bob Fernandez, a 100-year-old survivor of the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, died shortly after deteriorating health prompted him to skip a trip to Hawaii to attend last week’s remembrance ...
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.
Bob Fernandez had hoped to attend the 83rd Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day on Saturday. When Bob Fernandez joined the Navy in August 1941, his innocence was forgivable. Only 17, he had grown up in ...
During FreightWaves’ State of Freight webinar for December, Craig Fuller, FreightWaves CEO, and SONAR Director of Freight Market Intelligence Zach Strickland, said the future of the freight ...
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 ...
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 ...