{"id":1766553,"date":"2022-12-07T13:47:46","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T18:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1766553"},"modified":"2022-12-07T14:03:19","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T19:03:19","slug":"102-year-old-wwii-vet-revisits-pearl-harbor-on-anniversary-of-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/102-year-old-wwii-vet-revisits-pearl-harbor-on-anniversary-of-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"102 Year-Old WWII Vet Revisits Pearl Harbor on Anniversary of Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F102-year-old-wwii-vet-revisits-pearl-harbor-on-anniversary-of-attack%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1766553&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"speakable\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/topic\/world-war-two\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">World War II veteran<\/a> present at Pearl Harbor on the day of Japan\u2019s attack returned to Honolulu to commemorate its 81st anniversary, where he received a hero\u2019s welcome.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">&#8220;I\u2019m not worthy,&#8221; Ira &#8220;Ike&#8221; Schab, 102, said as officers greeted him with a ceremonial water salute. &#8220;Who\u2019s worth all this?&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Marian Wynn and Marian Sousa, two women who worked as engineers and line workers as part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/rosalind-p-walter-the-original-rosie-the-riveter-died-at-95\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the &#8220;Rosie the Riveters&#8221; workforce movement<\/a>, also made the trip and were equally moved by the welcome, insisting &#8220;we\u2019re not heroes.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We just wanted to do our job and get the guys home,&#8221; Sousa told Hawaii News Now.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/the-amazing-story-wwii-veteran-who-joined-1940-age-14-because-he-was-hungry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>THE AMAZING STORY OF A WWII VETERAN WHO JOINED IN 1940 AT AGE 14 BECAUSE HE WAS HUNGRY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Schab was only 21 when Japanese pilots <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/dec-7-1941-attack-on-pearl-harbor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bombed the naval base<\/a> on Dec. 7, 1941. As a saxophone player assigned to the band aboard the USS Dobbin, he was present at the base to meet with his brother when the attack started.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/640\/320\/WWII-vet.png?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Ira \" Ike \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Ira &#8220;Ike&#8221; Schab, 102, returns to Hawaii for the 81st anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack.\u00a0<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Hawaii News Now)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Kimberlee Heinrichs, Schab\u2019s daughter, last year described the difficulty her father faced on that day as he pulled bodies out of the water. He did not open up much about what he saw until he was much older, she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/us-medal-honor-recipient-korean-war-veteran-hiroshi-miyamura-dies-age-97\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>US MEDAL OF \u00a0HONOR RECIPIENT AND KOREAN WAR VETERAN, HIROSHI MIYAMURA, DIES AT AGE 97<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today, Schab lives in Oregon, in a town called Aloha just outside Portland.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/640\/320\/AP20338624440581.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"American ships burn during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in this Dec. 7, 1941 file photo. The coronavirus pandemic is preventing Pearl Harbor survivors from attending an annual ceremony to remember those killed in the 1941 attack. The National Park Service and Navy also are closing the ceremony to the public and livestreaming it instead.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      American ships burn during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in this Dec. 7, 1941 file photo. The coronavirus pandemic is preventing Pearl Harbor survivors from attending an annual ceremony to remember those killed in the 1941 attack. The National Park Service and Navy also are closing the ceremony to the public and livestreaming it instead.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(AP Photo, File)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>He tries to return to Hawaii when he can to commemorate the fallen and remember his friends and colleagues who died on a day that will continue to live in infamy. Last year, he almost did not make it due to financial constraints, but his family managed to raise $10,000 through <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/12\/04\/navy-vet-ira-schaub-101-gofundmes-trip-to-pearl-harbor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">crowdfunding to pay for his trip<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/lifestyle\/wwii-veteran-celebrates-100th-birthday-secrets-lifetime-inspiration\"><strong>WWII VETERAN CELEBRATES 100TH BIRTHDAY, REVEALS HIS SECRETS AND \u2018LIFETIME OF INSPIRATION\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This year, Schab suffered from a number of health issues, including fear of pneumonia, according to Hawaii News Now.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/640\/320\/AP19339116769569.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"The USS Arizona Memorial can be seen from the Pearl Harbor National Memorial Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019, in Honolulu.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      The USS Arizona Memorial can be seen from the Pearl Harbor National Memorial Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019, in Honolulu.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(AP Photo\/Marco Garcia)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>However, Schab said he &#8220;wouldn\u2019t have missed it,&#8221; adding that his family &#8220;could have gotten me here in a hospital bed.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>His son, Karl, also retired from the Navy, called the reception for the heroes &#8220;overwhelming,&#8221; revealing that the display brought tears to his eyes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Schab, Sousa and Wynn will attend the Pearl Harbor Commemoration on Dec. 7, which will culminate in a Remembrance Parade that evening in Waikiki.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Peter Aitken is a Fox News Digital reporter with a focus on national and global news.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A World War II veteran present at Pearl Harbor on the day of Japan\u2019s attack returned to Honolulu to commemorate its 81st anniversary, where he received a hero\u2019s welcome.\u00a0&#8220;I\u2019m not<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1766556,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1766553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1766553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1766553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1766553\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1766556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1766553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1766553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1766553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}