The story of one of our local heroes who witnessed “a day that will live in infamy” is now being preserved through a new documentary airing across the country.
Local Pearl Harbor survivor’s story preserved in new PBS documentary
Harry Chandler of Tequesta passed away in January at 103 years old. He served as a Navy Corpsman in Hawaii in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
WPTV Anchor and Navy veteran Mike Trim connected with Chandler several times before his passing, where he shared his firsthand experience of the attack in 1941.
“It was hard. You know, you’re pulling the guys out of the water, they were just floating. The Arizona, watching the Arizona blow up, that will never leave my mind. Never,” Chandler told Trim in a November 2023 interview.
Now, the World War Two Foundation is telling Chandler’s story through a documentary on PBS called “Corpsman! Pearl Harbor.”…