US Navy medic who survived Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbour dies at 103

Harry Chandler, a US Navy medic who helped pull injured sailors from the oily waters of Pearl Harbour after Japan’s attack on the naval base in 1941, has died at the age of 103. Picture: Mengshin Lin/AP

Harry Chandler, a US Navy medic who helped pull injured sailors from the oily waters of Pearl Harbour after Japan’s attack on the naval base in 1941, has died at the age of 103.

He died at a senior living centre in Tequesta, Florida, on Monday, according to Ron Mahaffee, the husband of his granddaughter, Kelli Fahey.