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Warren Upton, the oldest living survivor of the attack on Pearl Harbor, dies at 105
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Warren Upton, the oldest living survivor of the attack on Pearl Harbor, dies at 105

  • By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press
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The oldest living survivor of the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the last remaining survivor of the USS Utah has died. He was 105. Warren Upton died Wednesday at a hospital in Los Gatos. Kathleen Farley, the California state chair of the Sons and Daughters of Pearl Harbor Survivors, says he suffered a bout of pneumonia. The Utah was moored at Pearl Harbor when Japanese planes began bombing the Hawaii naval base in the early hours of Dec. 7, 1941. The attack propelled the U.S. into World War II.

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  • By Audrey McAvoy
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