Last USS Arizona suvivor has passed

[richhodg66]

Lou Conter, age 102, has died.

 

[L Ross]

102! Wow, just wow. What a life. I hope he didn't live with 80+ years of demons.

 

[richhodg66]

He probably did, pretty horrific thing to live through.

 

[RicinYakima]

You never forget. You just live with it. Known as being a man.

 

[JWinAZ]

He wrote a very interesting autobiography: The Lou Conter Story. Published in 2021. After Pearl Harbor he got his pilots wings and flew PBY Catalinas.