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'Hopefully it won't be forgotten': With no survivors left, a Pearl Harbor veterans association disbands - U.S.


By KATHERINE HAFNER | The Virginian-Pilot | Published: January 29, 2021
(Tribune News Service) At its height in the 1970s and ‘80s, the Tidewater chapter of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association boasted several hundred members sailors who’d survived the infamous 1941 attack and lived to tell the tale.
They gathered often share lunch at the club or picnic, and for more somber occasions like an annual Dec. 7 memorial ceremony at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek. Members watched each other “get married, buried and have grandkids,” said Gerry Chebetar, whose father Frank served as the chapter’s longtime president.
But membership dwindled as folks aged and passed away. Several years ago, with just a handful of members left, the chapter gave up its nonprofit status. By late 2019, the group had lost its last survivor, 97-year-old Paul Moore. ....

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