Lou Conter, the last known survivor of the USS Arizona, died at age 102.
AdvertisementThe last known survivor of the USS Arizona died on Monday at the age of 102.
🇺🇸⚓️ pic.twitter.com/cU2i2xIcjn — USS Arizona (@USSArizona) April 1, 2024Conter was stationed on the USS Arizona as a quartermaster and was standing on the ship's main deck when Japanese planes appeared in the skies around 8 a.m. on December 7, 1941.
In his older age, Canter regularly attended Pearl Harbor remembrance ceremonies and rebuked suggestions that he was a hero.
"The 2,403 men that died are the heroes," he told the AP in 2022, referring to the number of Americans who died in the Pearl Harbor attack.
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USS Arizona, Honolulu, Grass Valley , California