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  • Last Panay Incident survivor dies at 95 (1937 prelude to WW2)

    09/06/2008 1:14:45 AM PDT · by atomic conspiracy · 8 replies · 661+ views
    Sierra Vista Herald ^ | 9-06-08 | Ted Morris
    SIERRA VISTA — Fon B. Huffman, the last survivor from the international Panay Incident of 1937, died Thursday, his family announced. Huffman, born in 1913, celebrated his 95th birthday on Aug. 19. He died peacefully in his sleep at noon in Hacienda Rehabilitation and Care Center. His daughter, Nancy Ferguson, was by his side. Advertisement Fon Huffman is pictured on Dec. 26, 2007, at his daughter Nancy’s home in Sierra Vista where he lived out his last days. File photo/Mark Levy•Herald/Review The Iowa farm boy who joined the Navy at age 16 was a 24-year-old sailor aboard the USS Panay...