Alabama’s only known living Pearl Harbor survivor turns 99

He’s believed to be the only remaining survivor in Alabama to have witnessed firsthand the horror at Pearl Harbor, an attack that catapulted the United States into World War II.

Wednesday, Master Sgt. Thomas Davis marked another moment in history. He turned 99.

Davis said he witnessed the first bomb being dropped on the USS Arizona as it sat in Pearl Harbor, killing 1,102 of the ship’s 1,177 sailors and Marines. It was a quiet Sunday morning, Dec. 7, 1941, that quickly turned violent.