The man allegedly told authorities he made a mistake and was only trying to get home.
Richard Higgins was a radioman based at Pearl Harbor when Japanese planes began dropping bombs on the morning of Dec. 7, 1941.Pearl Harbor survivor Dick Higgins listens to a speaker during a ceremony at Bend High School in Bend, Ore., on Dec. 7, 2023.Higgins died at home in Bend, Oregon, on Tuesday of natural causes, granddaughter Angela Norton said.
He estimated the plane was about 50 feet to his side and 100 feet above his barracks. He described “big red meatballs" on the plane, in reference to the red circular emblem painted on the wings and fuselages of the Japanese aircraft. Not long after he went into hospice last Thursday, he told his granddaughter, “I'm ready to go see Winnie Ruth."
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