Knuckledraggin My Life Away : Kentuckian believed to be oldest Pearl Harbor survivor dies at 106

Monday, April 14, 2025

Kentuckian believed to be oldest Pearl Harbor survivor dies at 106

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - A Kentucky man known as the oldest Pearl Harbor survivor has died at 106 years old.

A release says Vaughn P. Drake Jr. was one of the last known survivors of the attack on Pearl Harbor and was believed to be the oldest.

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"The Spartans do not inquire how many the enemy are, but where they are." AGIS II 427 B.C.

"No, no, I've got 'em right where I want 'em - surrounded from the inside." -- Mad Dog Shriver when told to break up his recon team and evade, that he was about to be overrun by North Vietnamese Regulars.

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Monday, April 14, 2025

Kentuckian believed to be oldest Pearl Harbor survivor dies at 106