From the Jan. 9, 2014, redlands Daily Facts.
Louis Conter was quartermaster on duty on the USS Arizona that day and he was the one who sounded the call to battle stations.
He managed to get off the ship and he and another sailor spent the next two days in longboats patrolling the harbor and picking up other survivors.
Afterwards, he was sent to the NAS Pensacola Flight School and flew a PBY in the Pacific rescuing downed flight crews and looking for Japanese submarines.
He also flew jet fighters in the Korean War.
He was visiting the Arizona and took part in the placing of one of his shipmates' remains in the hull.
It Is Always Nice to Write About a Living Survivor With All of Them Dying Now. --GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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