Pearl Harbor survivor Joe Triolo, 92, of Waukegan holds medals he received while serving in the U.S. Navy during WWII and the Korean War. Triolo retired after 21 years in the service from 1937 to 1958. Triolo was a teacher in the North Chicago School district retiring after 21 years in 1991. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media
A photo of Pearl Harbor taken by the Japanese squadron leader in the first wave of the attack on December 7, 1941. Pearl Harbor survivor Joe Triolo, 92, of Waukegan was servicing on the USS Tangier located to the lower left of the island. Triolo retired after 21 years in the service from 1937 to 1958. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media
Pearl Harbor survivor Joe Triolo, 92, of Waukegan served on the USS Tingey while serving in the U.S. Navy during WWII and the Korean War. Triolo retired after 21 years in the service from 1937 to 1958. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media
WAUKEGAN — One of a fast-dwindling number of Pearl Harbor survivors, Joseph Triolo, was a 21-year-old petty officer third class on that infamous day, Dec. 7, 1941, when the Japanese attacked the United States without warning. Triolo, 92, of Waukegan said he still thinks about …
