The last survivor of the USS Arizona has died

[Arger68]

at age 102. The you for your service Lou Conter, I cannot imagine what you went through on that awful day.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/lou-conter-survivor-uss-arizona-pearl-harbor-attack-108719354

[sarisataka]

1. Rest in Peace Sailor

Your duty is complete

[Hugin]

2. K&R

[Dem2theMax]

3. ...

[TomSlick]

4. May his soul have fair winds and following seas.

[OldSWODog]

5. Farewell, Quartermaster/Aviator

Taps, taps. OSD

[moniss]

6. I have a piece I'll put up

in the coming days that I did for some friends about a year ago. About WW2 and some miraculous things and circumstances.

[MustLoveBeagles]

7. RIP

[GB_RN]

8. Salute

🫡
I helped take care of a Pearl Harbor survivor on my unit, several years back. He was 102 at the time, IIRC. He was really sick from heart failure. My three shifts for the week were split up, and when I came back later in the week for my third, he was gone.

[twodogsbarking]

9. Thank you sir. Rest now.

[StarryNite]

10. R.I.P. Lou Conter

[angrychair]

11. Fair winds and following seas

Thank you for your service Commander Conter.

[2naSalit]

12. ...

[Bundbuster]

13. Much respect and gratitude. R.I.P. sir.

[senseandsensibility]

14. RIP Thank you for your service

We owe you, and we will try to hold on to this democracy.

[VGNonly]

15. Of the 16 million US WWII vets

118,000 are still alive, about 130 die everyday.