WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR
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10, 000
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5, 000
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700
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300
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Detailed explanation-1: -GRASS VALLEY-On this 81st year since the attack on Pearl Harbor, there are two living survivors of the USS Arizona that sunk in the bombing that day. One of them lives in Grass Valley and is now 101 years old.
Detailed explanation-2: -Among the 32 rescued people, he was the last survivor at the time of his death on October 18, 2011. He was then 89. Artley had just come out of the High School in 1940 when he enlisted in the Navy.
Detailed explanation-3: -USS Arizona sailor Lou Conter lived through the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor even though his battleship exploded and sank after being pierced by aerial bombs. That makes the now 101-year-old somewhat of a celebrity, especially on the anniversary of the Dec.
Detailed explanation-4: -Only one Japanese ship that participated survived to the end of the war. In total, 2, 404 U.S. military personnel and civilians were killed.