Pearl Harbor survivor one of few returning to Hawaii for 80th anniversary He still remembers the moment he learned Japanese planes were coming mcall.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from mcall.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Pearl Harbor survivor Richard Schimmel dies at 101 mcall.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from mcall.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Dick Schimmel was from Allentown, Pa., an encyclopedia salesman's son the fifth of eighth children and a lousy student. He wanted to travel, so he joined the Army in 1940. He told his recruiting officer he wanted to go to Hawaii.