RIP, Jack Holder

Now technically, this happened late last month, although I only found out about it maybe a week or so ago. Admittedly, I never did quite get around to posting this particular blog entry until today, for some reason.

However, this was worth posting about. The last American survivor of the Pearl Harbor attacks has died. His name was Jack Holder, and according to a recent article by the Associated Press (see link below), Holder "went on become a decorated World War II flyer who flew over 100 missions in the Pacific and European theaters, has died in Arizona. He was 101."

Additionally, according to the same article which was published on Tuesday, February 28th of this year: 

Darlene Tryon, a close friend and the executor of Holder’s estate, said he died at Friday at a hospital in the Phoenix suburb of Chandler. The Pearl Harbor National Memorial also announced the death. Born to a farming family in Gunter, Texas, Holder joined the Navy in 1940 when he was 18.

RIP, Jack Holder, the last survivor of the Pearl Harbor attack by the Japanese. 

Pearl Harbor survivor Jack Holder dies in Arizona at age 101 By The Associated Press  Tuesday, Feb 28 

https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2023/03/01/pearl-harbor-survivor-jack-holder-dies-in-arizona-at-age-101/