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Oldest Pearl Harbor survivor is keeping memory of the surprise bombing alive at 106
Johnson, the oldest living Pearl Harbor survivor, keeps sharing his wartime memories as only 11 survivors remain, historians said.
- As The United States prepares for Memorial Day on Monday, 106-year-old Navy veteran Freeman Johnson preserves the history of World War, remaining a vital witness to the service of his generation.
- With the death of Ira "Ike" Schab in December, only 11 survivors of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor remain, an event that killed just over 2,400 troops and propelled The United States into the war.
- Serving as a fireman on the Louis, Johnson joined the Navy as a 19-year-old to avoid walking through Europe and recalls the Pacific Ocean as vast, stating, "You couldn't see any land at all."
- Johnson witnessed the surrender of the Japanese from the mast of the Iowa, having also transported President Franklin Roosevelt to the Tehran Conference and watched the signing aboard the USS Missouri on Sept. 2, 1945.
- Reflecting on his service after working until age 90, Johnson tells children who ask about fear, "You're too busy to be scared," noting that one does not know what they fear.
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