Harry Chandler, Navy Medic Who Survived Japan’s Attack on Pearl Harbor, Dies at 103

Harry Chandler, Navy Medic Who Survived Japan’s Attack on Pearl Harbor, Dies at 103
Pearl Harbor survivor Harry Chandler, 102, of Tequesta, Fla., leaves the 82nd Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day ceremony at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu on Dec. 7, 2023. Mengshin Lin/AP Photo
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HONOLULU—Harry Chandler, a Navy medic who helped pull injured sailors from the oily waters of Pearl Harbor after the 1941 Japanese attack on the naval base, has died. He was 103.

Chandler died Monday at a senior living center in Tequesta, Florida, according to Ron Mahaffee, the husband of his granddaughter Kelli Fahey. Chandler had congestive heart failure, but Mahaffee said doctors and nurses noted his advanced age when giving a cause of death.