Last survivor of the USS USH: Warren Upton died at the age of 105

Last survivor of the USS USH: Warren Upton died at the age of 105

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, USA - Warren "Red" Upton, the oldest survival of the terrible attack on Pearl Harbor in World War II, died at the age of 105. He died on Christmas Day in a hospital in Los Gatos, California, after a short illness caused by pneumonia. This was announced by the Pacific Historic Parks organization on Facebook. During the attack on December 7, 1941, Upton served as a radio operator on the slaughter ship USSH USH, which was under enemy fire when the Japanese air forces attacked the US pacific fleet. In this devastating robbery, 2,335 US soldiers died, which caused the United States to enter the Second World War, as well as OE24 reported.

upton remembers the moment of the attack: he was just shaving when the first torpedo hit the ship. Chaos broke out, and when a second torpedo hit, the USS Ush began to tilt and captivate. Upton and some other crew members swam into the nearby Ford Island, while 58 soldiers lost their lives on the ship. After the war he built up a family, but the loss of his comrades put a deep burden on him because he lost many of them over the years. In 2020, only three men were alive of the crew of the Utah, which also reported ABC News . Now, after Upton's death, only 15 survivors of the attack.

A contemporary witness goes from board

Warren Upton was not only the last survivor of the USS UTAH, but also the oldest living witness of one of the most important events in US history. The memories and stories of him and other survivors shape the collective memory of the events that changed the world in 1941. As Upton put it in 2020, it was not the talk about the attack that disturbed him, but the gradual loss of his comrades. With his death he leaves not only a gap in history, but also a legacy of bravery and survival.