Orville Peter Mosul, one of the last living survivors of the Pearl Harbor attack, has died at 105 — a somber loss for the shrinking community of World War II veterans.

• Mosul was 20 and serving aboard the USS California when torpedoes and a bomb struck the ship during the 1941 attack.
• He escaped by swimming to Ford Island.
• In the confusion, his family was told he had died and held a funeral before learning he had survived.
• He went on to serve six years in the Navy during World War II.

Outlook: With each passing survivor, first-hand memory of Pearl Harbor fades, leaving the story to history books and memorials.