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Pearl Harbor survivor who witnessed 1941 attack dies aged 105

Updated on: 22 December,2025 07:42 AM IST  |  Washington
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With his passing, there remain only about a dozen survivors of the surprise attack, which killed just over 2400 troops and propelled the United States into the war

Pearl Harbor survivor who witnessed 1941 attack dies aged 105

Ira Schab; (right) Schab aged 21. PICS COURTESY/ X/@pacificparks

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World War II Navy veteran Ira ‘Ike’ Schab, one of the dwindling number of survivors of the 1941 Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, has died.

He was 105. Daughter Kimberlee Heinrichs said that Schab died at home early Saturday in the presence of her and her husband. 


With his passing, there remain only about a dozen survivors of the surprise attack, which killed just over 2400 troops and propelled the United States into the war. 



Schab was a sailor of just 21 at the time of the attack, and rarely spoke about the experience.

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