Fernandez has made three trips to Hawaii to partake in the Pearl Harbor remembrance. This year would have marked his fourth visit. Fernandez continues to enjoy music and dances at a nearby ...
Saturday marks 83 years since Japanese forces attacked an American Navy base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, launching the U.S. into World War II. The first country album to go platinum came out almost ...
Robert “Bob” Fernandez, 100, Stockton’s last link to Pearl Harbor, is remembered in a ceremony Jan. 11, 2025, in Lodi, ...
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — 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. Four months later he found ...
The Utah, a battleship, was moored at Pearl Harbor when Japanese planes began ... and the ship began to list and capsize. The then-22-year-old swam ashore to Ford Island, where he jumped in ...
KEVIN KNODELL / KKNODELL @STARADVERTISER.COM Hokule’a crew members drape lei on the bow of the canoe after a welcome ceremony ...
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 ...
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — 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. Four months later he found himself ...