Pearl Harbor

A celebration of life will be held for Pearl Harbor survivor Stu Hedley, a longtime San Diegan who recently passed away after contracting COVID-19.

The museum honored Stu Hedley, a Pearl Harbor survivor, World War II hero and community icon who died in early August, just shy of his 100th birthday

A post office in Poway now bears the name of a WWII veteran who made a mark San Diego County and beyond: Ray Chavez. At the time of his death in 2018 — and at 106 years old — Chavez was the oldest survivor of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

On Aug. 19, 2021, a post office in Poway in San Diego County will be dedicated to the late veteran Ray Chavez. Chavez died at the age of 106 in 2018 and was the oldest survivor of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

A post office in Poway will be dedicated to the oldest Pearl Harbor survivor and Poway resident Ray Chavez. Chavez died in 2018 but his legacy lives on. NBC 7’s Audra Stafford reports.

NBC 7’s Dave Summers spoke to a Navy Chief who became good friends for Navy veteran Stu Hedley.

“History is fading into the past,” one Pearl Harbor survivor said. “People are forgetting what the men did to guarantee their freedoms of today.”

Eighty years after he died in the attack on Pearl Harbor and just months after his remains were finally identified, a California Marine has been laid to rest with full military honors

About 80 years after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, a veteran who died during the attacks has had his remains identified,

The observance ceremony in honor of the 79th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor was moved online this year over coronavirus concerns.

U.S. servicemen and women and National Park Service officials have gathered at Pearl Harbor to remember those killed in the attack

Some U.S. veterans who planned to climb aboard a battleship in Hawaii’s Pearl Harbor to mark the 75th anniversary of the Japanese surrender that ended World War II instead watched a livestream of the ceremony from home

One of the remaining USS Arizona crew members who survived the attack on Pearl Harbor has died.

New U.S. Navy submarines will revive the names of the USS Arizona and USS Oklahoma, two of the biggest casualties of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II, officials said. Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly announced nuclear, Virginia-class attack submarines will carry the names, The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported Monday. The battleships were badly damaged...

A Navy commander says the motive is unknown for a Pearl Harbor shooting that left two civilian workers and the attacker dead. Authorities say 22-year-old Gabriel Romero killed Roldan Agustin, 49, and Vincent Kapoi Jr., 30, and wounded Roger Nakamine, 36, who survived the Dec. 4 shooting. Romero’s job was to stand watch and provide security for the fast attack submarine USS Columbia.

A dozen frail survivors of the attack on Pearl Harbor returned Saturday to honor those who perished when Japanese planes pierced a quiet sunny morning 78 years ago and rained bombs on battleships lined up below. About 30 World War II veterans and some 2,000 members of the public joined the survivors, the youngest of whom are now in their…

U.S. Marine Corps Captain John Campbell – the oldest Pearl Harbor survivor in San Diego – was honored at a luncheon in Solana Beach on Friday for his service. Campbell was an eye-witness to the Japanese attacks on the U.S. Pacific fleet on December 7, 1941. Now, aged 99, Campbell serves as a reminder of the servicemembers’ bravery for those…

Divers will place the ashes of a survivor from the USS Arizona in Pearl Harbor in the wreckage of his ship during a ceremony this weekend. Lauren Bruner will be the 44th and last crew member to be interred on the Arizona in accordance with this rare Navy ritual. That’s because the last three living Arizona survivors plan to be...

Officials will beef up security as usual for the ceremony to remember those lost in the attack on Pearl Harbor 78 years ago, with service members and dignitaries confronting a fresh tragedy after a U.S. sailor killed two civilians, wounded another and then turned the gun on himself at the storied military base. The National Park Service, which is hosting…