101-Year-Old Returns to Pearl Harbor to Remember Those Lost

101-Year-Old Returns to Pearl Harbor to Remember Those Lost
Pearl Harbor survivor and World War II Navy veteran David Russell reads a birthday card in Albany, Ore., on Nov. 22, 2021. Nathan Howard/AP Photo
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HONOLULU—When Japanese bombs began falling on Pearl Harbor, U.S. Navy Seaman 1st Class David Russell first sought refuge below deck on the USS Oklahoma.

But a split-second decision on that December morning 80 years ago changed his mind, and likely saved his life.