Vaughn P. Drake, Jr., a central Kentucky native who was the oldest known survivor of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, died last week at the age of 106.

According to Pacific Historic Parks, Drake, who was 23 at the time, was serving in the US Army and helping to build barracks at Kaneohe Naval Air Station on the east side of Oahu. His job was to run a temporary power plant, so the carpenters had electricity for their equipment.

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