This blog grew out of my "Down Da Road I Go Blog," which was originally to be about stuff I was interested in, music and what I was doing. There was so much history and Civil War entries, I spun two more off. Starting Jan. 1, 2012, I will be spinning a Naval blog off this one called "Running the Blockade."
Saturday, December 7, 2019
Some Pearl Harbor Survivors Return to Day of Infamy Commemoration, Some Don't
From the December 6, 2019, CNN International "Just 1 of 3 living Pearl Harbor survivors will be able to attend a ceremony marking the attack's 78th anniversary" by Leah Asmelash.
Lou Conter, 98, is in Pearl Harbor today. He is one of just three survivors of the USS Arizona still living. The USS Arizona had the single biggest loss of life in the attack, Just 334 men survived the attack. 1,177 died that day. Now, there are just three of those 334 still alive.
The other two survivors, Donald Stratton (97) and Ken Potts (99) were not well enough to attend.
Two Arizona survivors died in 2019: Lonnie Cook in July and Lauren Bruner in September.
--GreGen
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