Lou Conter, last survivor of USS Arizona from Pearl Harbor attack, dies at 102

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Lou Conter, last survivor of the USS Arizona in Pearl Harbor, dies at 102

The seaman had a storied career in the Navy. Over 27 years he served, he survived the surprise attack by Japan, was shot down over the Pacific and was uninjured in the Korean War.

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Lou Conter, the last surviving sailor from the battleship Arizona, died. This, along with others, was destroyed by the Japanese on December 7, 1941, during the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, after which the United States entered World War II.

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Last USS Arizona survivor, Lou Conter, never forgot tragedy of Pearl Harbor

The tragedy of Pearl Harbor lasted for just over an hour before becoming the "date that shall live in infamy." And Louis "Lou" Conter remembered every brutal second of it.

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Lou Conter, last survivor of battleship targeted in Pearl Harbor, dies in California at 102

Lou Conter was a quartermaster on the USS Arizona when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

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Lou Conter, last survivor of USS Arizona from Pearl Harbor attack, dies at 102

HONOLULU (AP) -- 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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Lou Conter, last survivor of USS Arizona from Pearl Harbor attack, dies at 102

HONOLULU (AP) — 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. Conter passed away on Monday at his home in Grass Valley, California, following congestive heart failure, his daughter, Louann Daley said, adding she was beside him along with two of her brothers, James and Jeff. The Arizona lost 1,177 sailors and Marines in the 1941 attack t…