The Life History of John Chapman: A Pearl Harbor SurvivorÕs StoryI tend to categorize the many Pearl Harbor Survivors, the sailors on the ships, the seaplane support sailors, the officers at their base, the child survivors, but John is part of a special category of survivors, he was in the water, in the oil. John was extremely fit and was working part time as a lifeguard while he was stationed at Pearl Harbor with the USS West Virginia (BB 48). John Chapman was up to his neck in water deep inside the West Virginia,