SAN DIEGO — Ken Hartle, who as a Navy diver during World War II had the grim task of retrieving bodies from ships sunk by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor, has died. He was 103. Hartle died Tuesday ...
Japan launched Operation K in March 1942 after discovering that American salvage crews were repairing Pearl Harbor far faster ...
This circa 1943 photo provided by the Hartle family shows Navy diver Ken Hartle getting into his dive suit in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Hartle, believed to be the oldest surviving salvage diver who worked ...
SAN DIEGO -- Ken Hartle, who as a Navy diver during World War II had the grim task of retrieving bodies from ships sunk by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor, has died. He was 103. Hartle died Tuesday ...
This Nov. 11, 2014 photo provided by Jeani Groesbeck shows Ken Hartle at Veterans Day ceremonies at Webb Park in Rancho Bernardo, Calif. Hartle, believed to be the oldest surviving Navy salvage diver ...
Valley CenterValley Center — In his 103 years of life, Valley Center resident Ken Hartle was a chicken breeder, a ship-fitter, a prune-picker and a resort chef. But nothing made him prouder than the ...
SAN DIEGO – Ken Hartle, who as a Navy diver during World War II had the grim task of retrieving bodies from ships sunk by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor, has died. He was 103. Hartle died Tuesday ...