Wayne Platt News Today

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...

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 ...