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Schab was a 21-year-old navy musician aboard USS Dobbin when Japan carried out surprise attack in 1941
A second world war veteran who was among the last survivors of the 1941 Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor died on Saturday.
Ira “Ike” Schab, who served in the US navy at the time of the bombing, was 105, according to a statement from the USS Arizona Memorial, which pays tribute to military members who were killed at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941.
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Silver steward is one of three people arrested in connection with alleged theft from presidential residence
A silver steward employed at the Élysée Palace in Paris has been arrested for stealing silverware and porcelain, amid a wave of thefts from high-profile French institutions.
Investigators arrested the man and two alleged accomplices last week. They are accused of taking the objects from the official Paris residence of the French president and trying to sell them on online auction websites such as Vinted.
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