From March 29, 2022, M Live "Staying active, keeping good company helps 100-year-old Michigan Pearl Harbor survivor stay young" by Chloe Miller.
Jackson, Michigan
Herb Elfring turned 100 on March 29.
He was at Camp Malakole about three miles from Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked. Today, he is one of less than 1,500 Pearl Harbor survivors still alive in the United States according to the U.S. department of Veterans Affairs.
He was a part of the Army and California National Guard stationed there and remembers the Japanese planes flying overhead and bullets hitting the base. The camp was for anti-aircraft guns.
Mr. Elfring was discharged from the U.S. Army in 1945 and then attended the University of Michigan for electrical engineering. After graduation, he got a job with Consumers Energy in Jackson and worked there for 35 years.
It Is So Nice to Write About One Who Is Still Alive. --GreGen
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