Category: Pearl Harbor
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Book Launch – “The Zigzag Road”
To commemorate the 78th anniversary of the end of WWII on Aug. 15, 1945, I’m publishing my book, “The Zigzag Road” the same day. Weaving historical events from the time of the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the “Second Pearl Harbor” in the Philippines, “The Zigzag Road” chronicles my father’s journey on foot from Baguio…
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Oldest Pearl Harbor veteran dies at 106
As reported by The Conservative Brief on Nov. 24, 2018. Ray Chavez, a man who was celebrated as the oldest living veteran of the Pearl Harbor attack, died Wednesday at the age of 106 in the San Diego suburb of Poway after a battle with pneumonia. The mild-mannered Chavez became a national figure three years…
