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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Ramon Antonio Vargas and agencies

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

Pearl Harbor survivor Ira ‘Ike’ Schab, is asked to sign an US flag during the 82nd Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day ceremony on 7 December 2023, at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Pearl Harbor survivor Ira ‘Ike’ Schab, is asked to sign an US flag during the 82nd Pearl Harbor remembrance day ceremony on 7 December 2023, at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii. Photograph: Mengshin Lin/AP

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.

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