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Lou Conter, a veteran who served on the USS Arizona during the Pearl Harbor attack, passed away at the age of 102.
Lou Conter, the last living survivor of the USS Arizona battleship that sank during the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, passed away at the age of 102.
– Conter died at his home in Grass Valley, California, due to congestive heart failure.
– The USS Arizona lost 1,177 sailors and Marines during the attack in 1941.
– Conter was a quartermaster on the Arizona when Japanese planes attacked.
– One bomb penetrated the ship’s steel decks, causing a massive explosion.
– Conter described the battleship being lifted 30 to 40 feet out of the water and everything from the mainmast forward being on fire.
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