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Lou Conter, US naval officer who survived the attack on Pearl Harbor – obituary
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 days agoLieutenant-Commander Lou Conter, who has died aged 102, was the last survivor of the sinking of the...
California man who died at Pearl Harbor to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery
CBS 47 Fresno· 2 days agoSAN RAFAEL, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A California man who died during the attack on Pearl Harbor in ...
Freedom native U.S. Navy hero laid to rest 82 years after Pearl Harbor attack
Beaver County Times via Yahoo News· 2 days ago7, 1941, Pearl Harbor attack while serving on the USS Oklahoma battleship at ...
Ideas & Opinions — Terry McLaughlin: A proud community unites
The Grass Valley Union· 1 day agoMuch has been written about Lou Conter since his passing on April 1, both locally and nationally, as...
Hill Air Force Base announces 2 fiery new acts for summer air show with Thunderbirds
KSL Salt Lake City· 2 days agoEvent organizers for the 2024 Hill Air Force Base air show, happening June 29-30, have announced the...
‘We scorned them’: Military, political and human costs of Israeli hubris
Al Jazeera· 4 days ago“We scorned them,” Zvi Zamir once stated. Major General Eli Zeira, the head of Israel’s Military...
This Filipina Spy Used Her Leprosy as a Cover to Thwart the Japanese During World War II
Smithsonian Magazine· 2 days agoFor two days in February 1945, a petite, sickly Filipina woman—her body marked by leprous...
Army's Rock valued, promoted education | Only in Oklahoma
Tulsa World· 6 days agoOne of the first 300 Tulsa County men drafted for military service in World War II rose through the ranks to become the second black Army officer to receive a general's star. Cartwright had ...
Mississippi-native Byrd honored in Pentagon Joint Explosive Ordnance Disposal exhibit
McComb Enterprise-Journal· 4 days agoMaster Chief Boatswain’s Mate (BMCM) Sherman Byrd, born in Carrollton, Mississippi on September 7, 1930, became the first black man to be an Explosive Ordnance ...