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Last Survivor of USS Arizona dead at the age of 102.
Posted on 4/1/24 at 6:08 pm
Posted on 4/1/24 at 6:08 pm
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RIP Sir! What a life you have lived.
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Lou Conter, the last living survivor of the USS Arizona battleship that exploded and sank during the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, has died. He was 102.
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In the late 1950s, he was made the Navy’s first SERE officer — an acronym for survival, evasion, resistance and escape. He spent the next decade training Navy pilots and crew on how to survive if they’re shot down in the jungle and captured as a prisoner of war. Some of his pupils used his lessons as POWs in Vietnam.
RIP Sir! What a life you have lived.
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Posted on 4/1/24 at 6:12 pm to GooseSix
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Japan got what it deserved for December 7th.
Japan got what it deserved for December 7th.
Posted on 4/1/24 at 6:13 pm to GooseSix
Are any of the Indianapolis left?
Posted on 4/1/24 at 6:13 pm to GooseSix
Hope he gets a chance rest alongside his brothers for eternity.
Posted on 4/1/24 at 6:15 pm to GooseSix
You kinda cant Germans this, but it’s still on the front page.
Posted on 4/1/24 at 6:16 pm to GooseSix
He will have the choice to be interned with his ship mates in the hull at the USS Arizona memorial. About 50 survivors have chosen that. It's badass. They don't make them like they use to.
Posted on 4/1/24 at 6:18 pm to JG77056
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You kinda cant Germans this, but it’s still on the front page.
Zero fricks given here.. You can read it again. You should read it again in his honor. Now piss off.
Posted on 4/1/24 at 6:19 pm to GooseSix
I’m legitimately concerned about living in a world where WWII is beyond living memory. I feel like it is such an anchor of American culture the last 100 years in many positive ways that will eventually fade.
ETA: god bless the men and women who got us through that time.
ETA: god bless the men and women who got us through that time.
This post was edited on 4/1/24 at 6:20 pm
Posted on 4/1/24 at 6:22 pm to GooseSix
My grandpa's best friend (from my perspective as a kid) served on the Arizona and was at Pearl Harbor
He and his wife were over for coffee (or vise versa) at least 3x a week and as a kid he was a staple in my life. One of the most humble men you'd ever meet, you'd never know the hell he went thru.
Hard times, strong men, good times, weak men and all that
He and his wife were over for coffee (or vise versa) at least 3x a week and as a kid he was a staple in my life. One of the most humble men you'd ever meet, you'd never know the hell he went thru.
Hard times, strong men, good times, weak men and all that
Posted on 4/1/24 at 7:21 pm to jlovel7
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I’m legitimately concerned about living in a world where WWII is beyond living memory. I feel like it is such an anchor of American culture the last 100 years in many positive ways that will eventually fade. ETA: god bless the men and women who got us through that time.
Great post
Posted on 4/1/24 at 8:34 pm to GooseSix
Posted on 4/1/24 at 9:45 pm to GooseSix
According to Department of Veterans Affairs, we’ll be down to just a few hundred WWII veterans by 2036. And I think that includes nurses. The last WWI veteran was a British woman who died in 2012 aged 110.
Posted on 4/1/24 at 9:46 pm to 0x15E
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Hope he gets a chance rest alongside his brothers for eternity.
He should definitely be interred in the Arizona's hull with the highest military honors (if that is his and his family's wishes).
Godspeed and thank you for your service sir.
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