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Out for the first time. Edgar welsh said he was wanted to do some good, but he went about it the wrong way. Reporter he didnt deny he drove 350 miles to investigate the madeup conspiracy theory. But he said he regrets how he handled it. Reporter the dejected welch said he came to comet ping pong to do some good, but he went about it the wrong way. The 28yearold man said he drove for hours to look closer at the restaurant. Having emmersed himself in bogus online conspiracy theories, he was convin...

Heinz Bachman, one of just two remaining Pearl Harbor veterans in the San Antonio area, died Saturday. He was 100.

A soldier who wore the Combat Infantryman Badge for action in the Pacific but later served in the Air Force in the cold war era, Platt died Aug. 3 at 101.

Upbeat and outgoing, Platt was a familiar presence at veterans’ gatherings and San...

Kenneth Platt, the oldest of three remaining Pearl Harbor survivors in the San Antonio area, marks his 101st birthday today.

Kenneth Platt was 4 feet from a barracks window shattered by a strafing Japanese plane...

Heinz Bachman, a World War II Army veteran who was at Hickam Field outside Honolulu on...

St. John’s son, David, said family members had hoped to see him turn 100 on Aug. 28,...

Pearl Harbor survivor celebrates 100th birthday at a San Antonio restaurant FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 Senior Airman Margaret Mistretta, left, talks with Pearl Harbor veteran Kenneth Platt as he celebrates his 100th birthday with family, including his wife, Lorena Platt, right, and members of his Alamo Honor Flight breakfast group at Jims Restaurant in San Antonio on Wednesday. Looking on are Brian Hoffman, vice director of the 502d Air Base Wing, from left, Airman First Class Jalen Kinkela and ...

Virgil Lee Ward, a Pearl Harbor veteran who lived in San Antonio, dies at 102 FacebookTwitterEmail 1of9 Retired Army Major Virgil Lee Ward and his wife Merry at the 2016 luncheon for the San Antonio chapter of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association. It was the 75th anniversary of the Japanese surprise attack.William Luther /San Antonio Express-NewsShow MoreShow Less 2of9 Virgil Lee Ward, then 95, stands for a portrait in his home in San Antonio in 2016. He was an Army private stationed in Hawai...