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 USS Arizona, a battleship famously destroyed during the Attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, is the focus of this video. It explores the engineering behind the ship and its enduring legacy.

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 ...

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 ...

HONOLULU (AP) — Lou Conter, the last living survivor of the USS Arizona battleship that exploded and sank during the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, has died. He was 102. Conter passed away on ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Dec. 7, 1941 is a date which will live in infamy. The United States Pacific Fleet and Army Air Corps ...

What You Need to Know: The USS Arizona, a Pennsylvania-class battleship commissioned in 1916, is most famously remembered for its tragic sinking during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on ...

Gunner’s Mate Third Class Lambert Ray Tapp was aboard the USS Arizona on Dec. 7, 1941. (National Archives) L.A. and Gertrude Tapp knew their son was serving aboard the USS Arizona when they heard the ...

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 ...