Joseph Eskenazi, 105, was treated to a heroic sendoff at Union Station Friday as he embarked on his journey from Los Angeles to the National WW II Museum New Orleans. This was part of the Gary Sinise Foundation's Soaring Valor Program. For the last eight years it has invited World War II veterans to visit the museum built in their honor.
He was joined by several other WW II veterans on the trip.
Eskenazi, a Redondo Beach-resident, is the oldest-living survivor of the attack on Pearl Harbor. He joined the Army in 1941 and was stationed at the Schofield Barracks during the December 7, 1941, attack.
He drove a bulldozer across an open field while being strafed and nearly hit by Japanese planes.
He was heading to repair train tracks for the expected invasion of Oahu and Hawaii.
--GreGen
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