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OAN Staff James Meyers
10:11 AM – Monday, December 30, 2024
Warren Upton, who is the oldest living survivor of the infamous 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the last remaining survivor of the USS Utah, has died at the age of 105.
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Upton died Wednesday at a hospital in Los Gatos, California, after battling pneumonia, according to Kathleen Farley, the California state chair of the Sons and Daughters of Pearl Harbor Survivors.
The Utah, a battleship, was stationed at Pearl Harbor when Japanese planes began bombing the Hawaii naval base in the early hours of December 7th, 1941, in an attack that caused the U.S. to jump into the battle of World War II.
In an interview, Upton told The Associated Press in 2020 that he had been getting ready to shave when he felt the first torpedo hit Utah. He recalled that no one on board knew what made the ship shake. Then, the second torpedo hit and the ship began to list and capsize.
Additionally, Upton said he didn’t mind discussing what happened during the attack in his interview. However, what upset him was that he lost shipmates over the years. By 2020, there were only three crew members of the Utah still alive, including himself.
There were an estimated 87,000 military personnel on Oahu on the fateful day of the attack, according to military historian J. Michael Wenger. With Upton’s passing, there are only 15 still alive from that tragic day.
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