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 ...

The US Navy, in coordination with the Pearl Harbor National Memorial, removed significant portions of two World War II-era ...

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 ...

The USS Nimitz arrived in Hawaii on Saturday, returning to American waters for the first time since the aircraft carrier deployed from its homeport at Naval Base Kitsap, Wash., in March.

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 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 ...

The stricken USS Oklahoma battleship lies half-righted as cables stretched over wooden A-frames to Ford Island at Pearl Harbor are used to right the ship in 1944. The ship was hit by torpedoes and ...

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 ...