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One of the remaining USS Arizona crew members who survived the attack on Pearl Harbor has died
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/uss-arizona-crew-member-pearl-harbor-survivor-dies-69021600
USS Arizona crew member, Pearl Harbor survivor dies age 97
One of the remaining USS Arizona crew members who survived the attack on Pearl Harbor has died
In this Dec. 7, 2016, file photo, Donald Stratton, center, a USS Arizona survivor, acknowledges a friend at Kilo Pier next to the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Honolulu. Stratton passed away in his sleep at his Colorado Springs home Saturday, Feb. 16, 2020 with his family in attendance. Stratton was one of the survivors of the Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese aerial attack on the U.S. Navy base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii that killed 1,100 Arizona crew members. (AP Photo/Eugene Tanner, File)
By The Associated Press
February 16, 2020, 7:37 PM
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- One of the remaining USS Arizona crew members who survived the attack on Pearl Harbor has died.
Donald Stratton passed away at his Colorado Springs home in his sleep Saturday with his family in attendance.
The 97-year-old veteran had been in poor health since contracting pneumonia in October.
"He was a very humble, very quiet hero," said his son, Randy Stratton. “He didn't want or seek the attention he received.”
Stratton was one of the survivors of the Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese aerial attack on the U.S. Navy base at Pearl Harbor on Oahu, Hawaii. More than 1,100 crew members died on the battleship.
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USS Arizona crew member, Pearl Harbor survivor dies age 97
One of the remaining USS Arizona crew members who survived the attack on Pearl Harbor has died
In this Dec. 7, 2016, file photo, Donald Stratton, center, a USS Arizona survivor, acknowledges a friend at Kilo Pier next to the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Honolulu. Stratton passed away in his sleep at his Colorado Springs home Saturday, Feb. 16, 2020 with his family in attendance. Stratton was one of the survivors of the Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese aerial attack on the U.S. Navy base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii that killed 1,100 Arizona crew members. (AP Photo/Eugene Tanner, File)
By The Associated Press
February 16, 2020, 7:37 PM
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- One of the remaining USS Arizona crew members who survived the attack on Pearl Harbor has died.
Donald Stratton passed away at his Colorado Springs home in his sleep Saturday with his family in attendance.
The 97-year-old veteran had been in poor health since contracting pneumonia in October.
"He was a very humble, very quiet hero," said his son, Randy Stratton. “He didn't want or seek the attention he received.”
Stratton was one of the survivors of the Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese aerial attack on the U.S. Navy base at Pearl Harbor on Oahu, Hawaii. More than 1,100 crew members died on the battleship.
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Cross gently, Mr Stratton.
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Is this the man that appeared in some of the the PBS promos with the young boy and his family? He looks so familiar.
America has lost a wonderful man today.
18 or 19 year old kid at Pearl Harbor.
Thank you, sir.
