艾拉 '艾克' 沙布

Ira 'Ike' Schab, a survivor of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, remained one of the few living witnesses into the twenty-first century, capable of translating the event from national myth into personal memory. His longevity as a witness illustrated how the authority of eyewitnesses evolves from lived experience to commemoration. His later career as an engineer linked his wartime service to the postwar American technological state. His biography demonstrates how wars continue to influence political culture long after hostilities cease, through survivors who act as custodians of memory as well as veterans of combat.