- Warren Upton, the oldest residing survivor of the 1941 Japanese assault on Pearl Harbor and the final remaining survivor of the USS Utah, has died at age 105.
- On December 7, 1941, Japanese planes started bombing the American naval base, pushing the United States into World War II.
- There had been about 87,000 navy personnel on Oahu on the day of the assault, in accordance with navy historian J. Michael Wenger. After Upton’s dying, solely 15 are nonetheless alive.
Warren Upton, the oldest residing survivor of the 1941 Japanese assault on Pearl Harbor and the final remaining survivor of the USS Utah, has died. He was 105.
Upton died Wednesday at a hospital in Los Gatos, California, after struggling a bout of pneumonia, mentioned Kathleen Farley, the California state chair of the Sons and Daughters of Pearl Harbor Survivors.
TRAVEL IN TIME TO 5 DESTINATIONS THAT SALUTE BATTLES AND WAR HEROES RIGHT HERE AT HOME
The Utah, a battleship, was moored at Pearl Harbor when Japanese planes started bombing the Hawaii naval base within the early hours of Dec. 7, 1941, in an assault that propelled the U.S. into World War II.
Warren Upton sits for a portrait together with his daughter Barbara Upton at his dwelling in San Jose, California, on Nov. 26, 2021. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group by way of AP)
Upton instructed The Associated Press in 2020 that he had been on the brink of shave when he felt the primary torpedo hit the Utah. He recalled that nobody on board knew what made the ship shake. Then, the second torpedo hit and the ship started to record and capsize.
The then-22-year-old swam ashore to Ford Island, the place he jumped in a trench to keep away from Japanese planes strafing the area. He stayed for about half-hour till a truck got here and took him to security.
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
Upton mentioned he did not thoughts speaking about what occurred throughout the assault. Instead, what upset him was that he saved dropping shipmates over time. By 2020, there have been solely three crew members of the Utah nonetheless alive, together with himself.
There had been an estimated 87,000 navy personnel on Oahu on the day of the assault, in accordance with navy historian J. Michael Wenger. After Upton’s dying, solely 15 are nonetheless alive.
