David Phillip Kaufman died from cancer on February 18, 2024, at a hospice in Hingham, Massachusetts. He was born on November 29, 1941, in Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, where his father, Louis L. Kaufman, was stationed.
David and his mother, Evelyn (Houston) Kaufman, were still recovering in the hospital when, eight days later, Pearl Harbor was bombed. David's five older brothers sheltered in a closet while Lou responded to the emergency. (There is an unresolved disagreement over which brother dug shrapnel...
                
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