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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Audrey McAvoy

100-year-old Pearl Harbor survivor recalls confusion and chaos during Japanese bombing 83 years ago

Pearl Harbor Anniversary - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Bob Fernandez thought he'd go dancing and see the world when he joined the U.S. Navy as a 17-year-old high school student in August 1941.

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 Hawaii.

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