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Joe Richard, Navy veteran and Louisiana’s last living Pearl Harbor survivor, turned 99 on Saturday, July 23. Richard was delivered by a midwife at his parent’s home on the outskirts of Church Point on July 23, 1923. (Photo by Claudette Olivier/Church Point News)

A toast to ‘Mr. Joe’

The same month the Hollywoodland Sign went up in Los Angeles, U.S. Navy veteran Joe Richard, Louisiana’s last living Pearl ...

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