Oldest living survivor of attack on Pearl Harbor dies at 105

• Warren Upton, the oldest survivor of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 and the last survivor from the USS Utah, has died at the age of 105.
• On December 7, 1941, Japanese planes began bombing a US naval base, plunging the United States into World War II.
• According to military historian J. Michael Wenger, there were about 87,000 military personnel on Oahu on the day of the attack. After Upton’s death, only 15 are still alive.

Warren Upton, the oldest survivor of the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the last survivor from the USS Utah, has died. He was 105 years old.

Upton died Wednesday at a hospital in Los Gatos, California, after suffering an attack of pneumonia, said Kathleen Farley, president of the California Sons and Daughters Association. Pearl Harbor Survivors.

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The battleship Utah was docked at Pearl Harbor when Japanese planes began bombing the naval base in Hawaii in the early hours of Dec. 7, 1941, in an attack that prompted the U.S. in World War II.

Warren Upton sits for a portrait with his daughter Barbara Upton at their home in San Jose, California on November 26, 2021. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group via AP)

Upton told the Associated Press in 2020 that he was about to shave when he felt the first torpedo hit the Utah. He recalled that no one on board knew what had caused the ship to shake. Then a second torpedo hit and the ship started to list and roll.

The then 22-year-old swam to Ford Island, where he jumped into a ditch to escape Japanese planes attack the area. He stayed for about 30 minutes until a truck came and took him to safety.

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Upton said he doesn’t mind talking about what happened during the attack. Instead, he was troubled by losing companions over the years. By 2020, only three members of the crew of the ship Utah remained alive, including himself.

According to estimates by military historian J. Michael Wenger, there were 87,000 military personnel on Oahu on the day of the attack. After Upton’s death, only 15 are still alive.