He died in the attack on Pearl Harbor. After 84 years, he’s coming home to NC
Neil Frye was a 20-year-old mess attendant from Vass, N.C., aboard the USS West Virginia when a Japanese torpedo sank it in ...
Jessie Mahaffey, Survivor of Pearl Harbor Attack, Dies at 102
He was cleaning the deck of the U.S.S. Oklahoma when it capsized under Japanese torpedo fire. Less than a year later, he ...
Defense department renews effort to identify victims in World War II explosion in Pearl Harbor’s West Loch
The Department of Defense has launched a new effort to identify the remains of service members killed 80 years ago. Near the ...
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Vass sailor to be buried near home decades after dying in the attack on Pearl Harbor
project lead for the Pearl Harbor Ships Project under the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, said in the news release. There were 25 unresolved casualties and 35 associated unknowns buried at the ...
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Pearl Harbor Survivor Lou Conter, Last USS Arizona Crew Member, Dead at 102
Kent Nishimura/Getty Lou Conter, the last known survivor of the USS Arizona battleship, which sank during the attack on Pearl Harbor, has died. He was 102. Conter died Monday morning at his home ...
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One of the last US survivors of Pearl Harbor dies at 102
Jessie A. Mahaffey, one of the last remaining survivors of the sinking of the USS Oklahoma during the 1941 Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, died March 1 in Alexandria, La., at the age of 102.
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102 year-old Sabine Parish man who survived Pearl Harbor has died
MANY, La. – One of the last surviving sailors involved in the Pearl Harbor attack has died. Jesse Mahaffey died Saturday at the age of 102. His funeral service will be Saturday at Warren Meadows ...
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102 year-old man who survived Pearl Harbor has died
MANY, Louisiana (KTBS) -- One of the last surviving sailors involved in the Pearl Harbor attack has died. Jessie Mahaffey died Saturday at the age of 102. His funeral service will be Saturday at ...