Pearl Harbor survivor Jack Holder dies in Arizona at age 101

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Pearl Harbor survivor Jack Holder dies in Arizona at age 101
By The Associated Press
Feb 28, 07:00 PM
Hawaii Gov. Josh Green greets Pearl Harbor survivor, Jack Holder during a Pearl Harbor Remembrance ceremony on Dec. 7, 2022.
Hawaii Gov. Josh Green greets Pearl Harbor survivor, Jack Holder during a Pearl Harbor Remembrance ceremony on Dec. 7, 2022. (MCS1 Ernesto Bonilla/Navy)

PHOENIX — Jack Holder, a Pearl Harbor survivor who went on become a decorated World War II flyer who flew over 100 missions in the Pacific and European theaters, has died in Arizona. He was 101.

Darlene Tryon, a close friend and the executor of Holder’s estate, said he died at Friday at a hospital in the Phoenix suburb of Chandler. The Pearl Harbor National Memorial also announced the death. Born to a farming family in Gunter, Texas, Holder joined the Navy in 1940 when he was 18.

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