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He was living with his nephew at the time of his death, having been in his care since 2022 following a dementia diagnosis. [1] Following his death, it was estimated that 16 surviving service members are still alive, as said by the organization known as Sons and Daughters of Pearl Harbor Survivors. [1] [8]
Louis Anthony Conter (September 13, 1921 – April 1, 2024) was an American naval officer who was a lieutenant commander and naval aviator in the United States Navy.At the time of his death, he was the last living survivor of the sinking of the USS Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
Pearl Harbor Howard Kenton Potts (April 15, 1921 – April 21, 2023) was an American World War II veteran, who was aboard the USS Arizona BB-39 when it was attacked on December 7, 1941 . Prior to his death, Potts was one of two known surviving members of the Arizona ′ s crew at the time of the attack .
The radio announced an attack on the Naval Station Pearl Harbor, and the sailors rushed to the port. [1] West Virginia partially sunk and burning during the attack on Pearl Harbor. By the time Downing arrived at the West Virginia, Japanese bombers had targeted her with nine torpedoes. Moored at a shallow water depth of only 40 feet (12 m), the ...
The Kiho Maru, Myojin Maru, Shin-ei Maru, and the Sumiyoshi Maru had set out days before the attack on Pearl Harbor. According to one of the survivors Seiki Arakak, his sampan, the Kiho Maru, had been at sea since December 4. On the morning of December 7 he and the crew saw columns of smoke rising from Pearl Harbor and believed "something was ...
The Pearl Harbor Survivors Association (PHSA), founded in 1958 and recognized by the United States Congress in 1985, was a World War II veterans organization whose members were on Pearl Harbor or three miles or less offshore during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, on December 7, 1941. The PHSA was officially disbanded at the end of December ...
Geno Morosi (July 7, 1920 – September 20, 2016) was, prior to his death, among the last living sets of brothers to serve in the United States Navy and survive the attack on Pearl Harbor aboard the same ship. Geno and Albert Morosi were aboard the USS Maryland (BB-46), moored along Battleship Row, on the morning of December 7, 1941. Geno was ...
In 2003, a Pearl Harbor survivor, Ray Emory, conducted inquiries which resulted in the exhumation of a single casket associated with the Oklahoma loss. DNA evidence and anthropological research revealed that remains are "extremely commingled" — at least 95 individuals were within the first disinterred casket based on mitochondrial DNA results ...