Masamitsu Yoshioka, final Pearl Harbor bombardier, dies at 106

Masamitsu Yoshioka, the final identified survivor amongst about 770 crew members who manned the Japanese airborne armada that attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, has died. He was 106.

His demise was introduced Aug. 28 on social media by Japanese journalist and writer Takashi Hayasaki, who spoke with Yoshioka final yr. He supplied no different particulars.

“When I met him final yr, he spoke many worthwhile phrases with a dignified presence,” Hayasaki wrote. “Have Japanese individuals forgotten one thing necessary because the finish of the struggle? What is struggle? What is peace? What is life? Rest in peace.”