One of the few remaining survivors of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor has died. Richard C. “Dick” Higgins died at home in Bend, Oregon, at the age of 102. His granddaughter said Wednesday he died of natural causes.
Pearl Harbor survivor Dick Higgins listens to a speaker during a ceremony at Bend High School in Bend, Ore., on Dec. 7, 2023, to honor him as well as those who died in the Dec. 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. Higgins, one of the few remaining survivors of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, died Tuesday, March 19, 2024, at his home in Bend, Ore. He was 102. Lt.
“I jumped out of my bunk and I ran over to the edge of the lanai and just as I got there, a plane went right over the barracks,” he said according to the interview by the National Museum of the Pacific War in Fredericksburg, Texas. “So, there was no doubt what was happening in my mind, because of the things that had been going on,” he said.Marriages in the US are back to pre-pandemic levels, CDC says
“I said, ‘It’s OK, go home. Be with Jesus and be with Winnie Ruth,’” Norton said."’It’s okay to do that. Leave us. You’ve had it’s such a good and full life.’”
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