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flag Ira "Ike" Schab, a 105-year-old WWII Navy veteran and one of the last Pearl Harbor survivors, has died.

flag Ira “Ike” Schab, a 105-year-old WWII Navy veteran and one of the last surviving witnesses to the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack, has died in Beaverton, Oregon. flag Serving aboard the USS Dobbin at 21, he recalled the chaos of the Japanese assault, including the capsizing of the USS Utah and helping man anti-aircraft guns. flag Though he rarely spoke of the event, he attended annual Pearl Harbor remembrance ceremonies in later years. flag After the war, he worked on the Apollo space program. flag His death leaves about a dozen known Pearl Harbor survivors.

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