But on the day Japanese bombers launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, they were just young ... tied up at the Ford Island base, and the USS Oklahoma was tied to the Maryland's starboard ...
The aging pool of Pearl Harbor survivors has been rapidly shrinking. There is now just one crew member of the USS Arizona still living, 102-year-old Lou Conter of California. Two years ago ...
My father is 91 years old and a Pearl Harbor survivor living in Dallas. His name is James Cowart Hardwick. He was a machinist’s mate first class aboard the USS Honolulu, CL48. He was a member of ...
Lou Conter, the final survivor of the USS Arizona, the Navy battleship that was sunk – with a loss of 1,177 lives – during the surprise Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, has died at age 102.
HONOLULU — Survivors gathered Thursday at the site of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor to remember ... at a grassy spot overlooking the harbor and the USS Arizona Memorial.
I was a stunned witness to the last moment of peace in America and her first moment of war,” Charles Sehe said in 2015 ...
SAN JOSE, Calif. - The last survivor on the USS Utah during the attack on Pearl Harbor turned 105 this week. Warren Upton of San Jose celebrated his birthday on Thursday. His family said he is ...
His story was the highlight of the annual “Pearl Harbor & Beyond” program ... who died in 2020 at the age of 100. He was a survivor of the attack on the USS West Virginia and never wanted ...
A North Dakota sailor who was killed during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, was laid to rest during an interment ceremony Oct. 25 at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific ...
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii--A handful of centenarian survivors of the attack on Pearl ... which launched the U.S. into World War II. The USS Arizona alone lost 1,177 sailors and Marines, nearly half ...
Lou Conter, the last survivor of the battleship USS Arizona, which sank during the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941, died at his home in Grass Valley, Calif., on Monday. He was 102.