Lou Conter, last survivor of the USS Arizona, dies at 102
Lou Conter, the last survivor of the USS Arizona, died Monday morning at his home in Grass Valley, Calif., at the age of 102.
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Lou Conter, the last survivor of the USS Arizona, died Monday morning at his home in Grass Valley, Calif., at the age of 102.
One of the last Pearl Harbor survivors, Sterling Cale has died. He was 102 years old. Cale was hospitalized in January and passed on Jan. 20, surrounded by family members
On Thursday morning, Ira Schab and five other veterans who survived the attack on Pearl Harbor — Ed Carroll, Harry Chandler, Herb Elfring, Ken Stevens and Sterling Cale — sat in a place of honor during the ceremony themed “Legacy of Hope” at the Pearl Harbor National Memorial.
Sterling Cale, a Pearl Harbor survivor, answers questions from a reporter from Hawaii News Now during a Pearl Harbor Remembrance ceremony.
As bombs and bullets rained down like hellfire, he spent an eternity of hours diving into the flaming harbor to try to save fellow sailors. He lugged out body after body, some alive and others not.