Last USS Arizona survivor, Lou Conter, never stopped remembering
The Pearl Harbor tragedy lasted just over an hour before becoming a “day that will live in infamy.” And Louis “Lou” Conter remembered every brutal moment. The tough last survivor of the USS Arizona, he died on December 7, 1941, when the Navy ship was bombed and sunk by the Japanese during a surprise attack […]
Lou Conter, último superviviente del USS Arizona del ataque a Pearl Harbor, muere a los 102 años
HONOLULU, Hawái, EEUU — Lou Conter, el último superviviente vivo del acorazado USS Arizona que explotó y se hundió durante el bombardeo japonés de Pearl Harbor, ha muerto. Tenía 102 años. Conter falleció el lunes en su casa en Grass Valley, California, luego de una insuficiencia cardíaca congestiva, dijo su hija, Louann Daley, agregando que […]
Lou Conter, last survivor of attack on USS Arizona in Pearl Harbor, dead at 102
The last survivor of the Japanese bombing of the USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor died Monday at the age of 102. Lou Conter, who served in the U.S. Navy for nearly 30 years, died of heart failure surrounded by his family at his home in Grass Valley, Calif., his daughter LouAnn Dailey said. Conter was […]
USS Arizona Sailor Louis Conter Dies At 102
The last remaining sailor of the USS Arizona, which sank during the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, has died at the age of 102. Louis Conter passed away “peacefully” on Monday at his home in California “surrounded by his family,” according to Louis Conter’s Facebook post, the veteran’s daughter LouAnn Dailey said. Ta. Pacific Historical […]
Lou Conter, last living Pearl Harbor survivor aboard USS Arizona, dead at 102
Lou Conter, the last survivor of the Pearl Harbor attack who was aboard the USS Arizona when it exploded and sank, died Monday. He was 102 years old. On December 7, 1941, as a quartermaster, Conter was on the ship’s main deck when Japanese planes passed over and began attacking the Hawaiian naval base. Contour’s […]