Ray Garland, Spokane's last Pearl Harbor survivor, dies
For many years, Ray Garland, who died Thursday, April 18, 2019 at the age of 96, has been a proud member of the Lilac City Chapter of Pearl Harbor Survivors and attended many events to remember the attack of Dec. 7, 1941. At one time the chapter had 125 active members from all over the Inland Empire.
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Pearl Harbor survivor Ray Garland was Grand Marshall for the American Heroes Parade on July 4, 2016 in Coeur d'Alene. He died Thursday at the age of 96.
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The flag that hung in his mother's window during WWII still hangs in Ray Garland's basement in Coeur d'Alene. Handwritten on it is "Went into service July 21st 1941. Discharged 1945".
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Ray Garland of Coeur d'Alene survived the Pearl Harbor attack aboard a ship moored next to the USS Arizona. A few years later, he survived the battle of the Chosin Reservoir in Korea.
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A young Ray Garland, lower left, sits for a picture with others in his bomb disposal school class in 1945. Garland survived Pearl Harbor and the Chosin Reservoir in Korea.
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Ray Garland, 96, arrives at the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena aboard the STA Stars and Stripes bus, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2018, for the Pearl Harbor ceremony. He is the last living military veteran on the membership roster of the Lilac City Chapter of Pearl Harbor Survivors. At one time the chapter had 125 active members from all over the Inland Empire.
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Ray Garland, 96, the last living military veteran on the membership roster of the Lilac City Chapter of Pearl Harbor Survivors lays a wreath at the memorial at the Spokane Arena, Friday, Dec. 7, 2018. At one time the chapter had 125 active members from all over the Inland Empire.
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Ray Garland, 96, the last living military veteran on the membership roster of the Lilac City Chapter of Pearl Harbor Survivors walks past the Fairchild Air Force Base Honor Guard after the ceremony, Friday, Dec. 7, 2018 at the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena. At one time the chapter had 125 active members from all over the Inland Empire.
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Ray Garland posed for this picture with his sister Betty Garland in San Francisco in 1942. Garland talked about his war experiences at his home Coeur d'Alene on July 8, 2016.
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Pearl Harbor survivor Ray Garland's medals are on display in the basement of his home in Coeur d'Alene on July 8, 2016.
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Before entering the STA Stars and Stripes bus, Ray Garland, 96, the last living military veteran on the membership roster of the Lilac City Chapter of Pearl Harbor Survivors is offered a kiss by his granddaughter, Katie Burgan, after a ceremony at the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2018. Burgan holds her daughter Payton Rae, named after Ray Garland. At one time the chapter had 125 active members from all over the Inland Empire.
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Pearl Harbor Survivor Ray Garland, wearing his old Marine uniform, greets a Marine member of the Combined Color Guard, Dec. 7, 2014, after a ceremony at the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena to commemorate the 73rd anniversary of the attack that began America's involvement into WWII.
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Pearl Harbor Survivor Ray Garland, wearing his old uniform, pauses before placing a floral lei at the base of a newly-installed memorial stone, Dec. 7, 2014, during a ceremony at the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena to commemorate the 73rd anniversary of the attack that began America's involvement into WWII.
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Pearl Harbor Survivors Association members from left, Bud Garvin, in wheelchair, Ray Garland, in uniform, Clyde Buteau, in a walker, Charlie Boyer, wheelchair, and Sid Kennedy, wheelchair, gather before the newly-installed memorial stone before a ceremony at the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena, Dec. 7, 2014, to commemorate the 73rd anniversary of the attack that began America's involvement into WWII.
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Katie Henrikson(cq), 4, gives her grandpa a congratulatory kiss on the cheek at the end of the Pearl Harbor Day Ceremony at the Spokane Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Center. Raymond Garland from Coeur d'Alene was awarded the Purple Heart, gold star in lieu of second award during the ceremony Sunday afternoon.
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Ray Garland, the remaining member of the Pearl Harbor Survivors group in Spokane, poses with members of the Fairchild Air Force Base Honor Guard after the Pearl Harbor memorial tribute Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016 at the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena. The honor guard posted the flags, fired a 21-gun salute and provided a bugler to play "Taps" for the event.
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Ray Garland, the remaining member of the Pearl Harbor Survivors group in Spokane, places a floral lei on a wreath at the Pearl Harbor memorial tribute Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016 at the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena. The short ceremony comemorated the 75th anniversary of the attack.
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Ray Garland, the remaining member of the Pearl Harbor Survivors group in Spokane, listens to the speaker at the Pearl Harbor memorial tribute Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016 at the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena. The Spokane members of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association put up a column of basalt rock with plaques on it for a memorial.
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Ray Garland, center, the last remaining member of the Pearl Harbor Survivors group in Spokane, bows his head during a moment of silence at the Pearl Harbor memorial tribute Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016 at the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena. Spokane's Pearl Harbor memorial is the column of basalt at left. It was the 75th anniversary of the attack by the Japanese.
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The surviving member of the local chapter of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association in Spokane, Ray Garland, 95, places a wreath at the memorial outside of the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena with the help of Spokane Mayor David Condon. Dozens gathered for the ceremony remembering the 76th anniversary of Pearl Harbor.
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Pearl Harbor survivors, left to right, Joe Wagner, Ray Garland, Jim Sinnott and Ray Daves gather in the lobby of Regal Cinemas at NorthTown after viewing the movie Pearl Harbor.
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Pearl Harbor survivor Ray Garland, 95, salutes while gathered with members of the Fairchild Air Force Base Honor Guard, after a ceremony remembering the 76th anniversary of Pearl Harbor. Garland, the lone survivor of the local chapter, laid a wreath during the ceremony at the memorial , left, outside the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017.
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Ray Garland, 96, the last living military veteran on the membership roster of the Lilac City Chapter of Pearl Harbor Survivors heads to the STA after the memorial ceremony, Friday Dec. 7, 2018, at the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena. At one time the chapter had 125 active members from all over the Inland Empire.
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