Warren Upton, the oldest living survivor of the Pearl Harbor attack, has died at the age of 105. Upton died Wednesday at a Los Gatos, California, hospital. He had pneumonia, Kathleen Farley, the California state chair of the Sons and Daughters of Pearl Harbor Survivors, said, according to The Associated Press. Upton was the last…
Complete virtual histology of the modern spruce (a)–(c) and the ancient spruce (d)–(f) obtained by MRI. Credit: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (2024). DOI: 10.1039/D4CP02697G In a recent study, rare wooden structures from the Roman Empire were investigated in a wide range of ways using NMR methods. These methods, widely known for their use in hospital […]
HONOLULU (AP) — Bob Fernandez, a 100-year-old survivor of the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, died shortly after deteriorating health prompted him to skip a trip to Hawaii to attend last week’s remembrance ceremony marking the 83rd anniversary of the attack. Fernandez died peacefully at the Lodi, California, home of his nephew, Joe Guthrie, on […]
Bob Fernandez thought he’d go dancing and see the world when he joined the U.S. Navy as a 17-year-old high school student in August 1941. ▶ WATCH CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS Four months later he found himself shaking from explosions and passing ammunition to artillery crews so his ship’s guns could return fire on Japanese […]
