"Ira Ike Schab, who served in the US navy at the time of the bombing, was 105, according to a statement from the USS Arizona Memorial, which pays tribute to military members who were killed at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. The memorial's statement said Schab was at his home in Oregon when he passed peacefully while listening to swing music, with his family by his side."
"He spent that morning helping to provide ammunition to anti-aircraft gunners, the memorial's statement said. Schab spent the bulk of the ensuing war with the navy in the Pacific, including New Hebrides, known today as Vanuatu; the Mariana Islands; and Okinawa, Japan. He became an electrical engineer after the war, working on the Apollo spaceflight program that sent US astronauts to the moon. His son later joined the navy, retiring as a commander."
Ira Ike Schab, 105, was among the last survivors of the 1941 Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor. He served in the US Navy as a 21-year-old musician aboard the USS Dobbin and spent the morning of the attack supplying ammunition to anti-aircraft gunners. Three sailors manning an anti-aircraft gun on the Dobbin were killed, one in action and two from later wounds. Schab served across the Pacific including New Hebrides (Vanuatu), the Marianas and Okinawa. He became an electrical engineer after the war and worked on the Apollo spaceflight program. He died peacefully at home in Oregon listening to swing music, with family present.
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