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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 Jim's 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 Senior Airman Malik Tyler.Lisa Krantz /Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less 2of3 Pearl Harbor veter...

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 Hawaii during the attack on Pearl Harbor, and retired as a major after serving in Korea and Vietnam.Carol...