Lou Conter, RIP -- April 7, 2024

I was sad to learn that Lou Conter, the last living survivor who had been aboard the USS Arizona during the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, has died. Coulter went on to attend flight school and served during World War Two, Korea and Vietnam. He retired as a Lieutenant Commander in 1967. I wish him fair winds and a following sea. 

Pearl Harbor Day, 2016 -- December 7, 2016

75 years ago a sneak attack by forces of the Japanese Empire sank or damaged much of the US Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor in the territory of Hawaii. The Japanese Empire came to regret doing this.

Dreadnought USS Arizona (BB-39) was commissioned in 1916.  During the attack on Pearl Harbor, she was bombed and a powder magazine exploded.  She sank and 1,177 members of her crew died.  She was too damaged to raise, so she remains at the bottom of the harbor.  The memorial opened in 1962.