Lou Conter, the last known survivor of the battleship Arizona, which sank with the loss of 1,177 sailors and Marines in Japan’s sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, plunging the United States into World War ...

The tragedy of Pearl Harbor lasted for just over an hour before becoming the “date that shall live in infamy.” And Louis “Lou” Conter remembered every brutal second of it. The tough last survivor of ...

Some of the first sailors to wear the Arizona name on their shoulders since World War II paid a special visit to Tucson on Veterans Day to learn more about the legacy they have been chosen to carry on ...

Lou Conter, the last survivor of the battleship USS Arizona, which sank during the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941, died at his home in Grass Valley, Calif., on Monday. He was 102. Conter — ...

A former Long Islander is part of a team of advocates who say they have helped collect enough DNA to exhume the remains of unidentified American servicemen killed aboard the battleship Arizona, sunk ...

Discover the story of the USS Arizona, the iconic battleship destroyed during the Attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

Summary and Key Points: The USS Arizona, a Pennsylvania-class battleship, symbolized U.S. naval might before World War II but tragically became a reminder of the dangers of underestimating potential ...

The Navy and the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) have dropped their initial opposition to disinterring the graves of battleship Arizona crew members buried more than 80 years ago as unknowns ...

Lou Conter, who survived the bombing of Pearl Harbor aboard the battleship USS Arizona, died Monday at his home in Grass Valley, Calif., at the age of 102, more than 82 years after the attack. He was ...

Lou Conter, the last known survivor of the battleship Arizona that sank amid the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor, died Monday at age 102. Mr. Conter, then 20, was a Navy quartermaster on watch duty ...

HONOLULU — The last living survivor of the USS Arizona battleship that exploded and sank during the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor has died in California. Lou Conter was 102. Conter died at his home ...