Ira “Ike” Schab, a 104-year-old Pearl Harbor attack survivor, was so determined to stand and salute during a remembrance ceremony honouring those killed in the Japanese bombing that thrust the US into World War II some 83 years ago that he spent six weeks in physical therapy to build the strength to do so. On…
Bob Fernandez thought he’d go dancing and see the world when he joined the U.S. Navy as a 17-year-old high school student in August 1941. Four months later he found himself shaking from explosions and passing ammunition to artillery crews so his ship’s guns could return fire on Japanese planes bombing Pearl Harbor, a Navy…
Meet Takeo Ischi, the ‘Japanese Yodeller’ of Bavaria. At 77, Ischi is a beloved figure in the world of yodelling, a passion he discovered after moving to Europe in his twenties to study mechanical engineering. Influenced by German and Swiss films with yodelling themes, Ischi’s journey into yodelling began with a chance performance in…