Richard has his photo taken with the National WWII Museum’s Victory Belles, a vocal trio that performs music from the 1940s. Richard visited the museum last year for the 80th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, and he was the only survivor to attend the event. (Photo courtesy of Connie Figueron)
The same month the Hollywoodland sign went up in Los Angeles, U.S. Navy veteran Joe Richard, Louisiana’s last living Pearl Harbor survivor, was delivered by a midwife at his parent’s home on the outskirts of Church Point.
The year was 1923.
Almost two decades later, Richard would end up about 130 miles from that sign, arriving by train in San Diego, California, for basic training to join the...
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