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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Audrey McAvoy and Haven Daley

USS Arizona survivor: Honor those killed at Pearl Harbor

Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

USS Arizona sailor Lou Conter lived through the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor even though his battleship exploded and sank after being pierced by aerial bombs.

That makes the now 101-year-old somewhat of a celebrity, especially on the anniversary of the Dec. 7, 1941 assault. Many call him and others in the nation's dwindling pool of Pearl Harbor survivors heroes.

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