California
Bob Fernandez, who served aboard the USS Curtiss during the attack on Pearl Harbor, has died. He was among the dwindling number of service members who survived the attack.
Bob Fernandez was a sailor assigned to the USS Curtiss on Dec. 7, 1941. “I wish that they never would have come”
Fireman Second Class William Kubinec, who died when the USS West Virginia sank at Pearl Harbor in 1941, was identified in 2019 by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency.
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Ike Schab, a 104-year-old Pearl Harbor attack survivor, spent weeks in physical therapy to be able to stand and salute at a ceremony in Hawaii.
Everett Titterington, who died at Pearl Harbor, was interred at Riverside National Cemetery after his remains were identified.
The city failed to protect and train staffers and also failed “to evaluate and correct overcrowding at their animal shelter, which resulted in animal attacks and bites on employees,” Cal/OSHA said.
Lou Conter, of Grass Valley, Calif., died at his home on Monday. The Navy veteran served in both World War II and the Korean War.
Navy ship fitter Claude Ralph Garcia died in Pearl Harbor nearly 81 years ago. His body is finally being brought home to Ventura.