From December 9, 2020, Channel 6, Oklahoma's own: Pearl Harbor survivor laid to rest."
The last surviving member of Tulsa's Last Man Standing Club will be laid to rest Thursday. World War II veteran Arles Cole (I've also seen it spelled Arlis) was aboard the USS West Virginia during the attack.
You do not have to be a veteran to attend the funeral service. It's at 2 pm at Floral Haven Cemetery.
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A flag that normally only waves at Memorial Day over Floral Haven Cemetery flew at half staff today in honor of the life and legacy of Arles Cole. It was a flag that he had given to the cemetery as a donation in 2001 for the Tulsa chapter of a Pearl Harbor survivors association of which he was a member.
The flag has 48-stars, like the one flown December 7, 1941. It once flew over the USS Arizona Memorial in Hawaii.
Arles was just 17 and on board the USS West Virginia and managed to survive the attack when a dud bomb created o hole in the ship which allowed him to escape.
--GreGen
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