This past Sunday, on December 7th, a half dozen World War II veterans gathered to honor the 84th remembrance ceremony in Oahu, Hawaii. For the first time since the events on that fateful day in 1941, the anniversary of the air raid on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii passed without the attendance of any surviving veterans who lived through one of the deadliest attacks on American soil.

Only a handful of veterans are known to be living who endured the historic assault. All are over 100 years old now and unable to travel, according to Stripes. Last year, two survivors attended the ceremony: Ken Stevens and Ira Schab. Stevens passed away at the age of 102 this spring, and Schab, age 105, was not well enough to make the trip to the 2025 ceremony.

The Final Bearers Of Living Memory

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