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Post by conchydong on Apr 2, 2024 15:03:38 GMT -5
The last survivor of the bombing of the USS Arizona in Pearl Harbor. We will be forever grateful for your service.
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Post by ferris1248 on Apr 2, 2024 15:26:38 GMT -5
God rest his soul. "After the Pearl Harbor attack, Conter’s military service grew and he became a VP-11 Black Cat pilot, Pacific Historic Parks said." "The Black Cats conducted operations at night in which they would be hidden in the darkness from enemy ships." "Conter flew several missions with the Black Cats and survived two shootdowns in World War II, including one off the coast of New Guinea in which the crew was surrounded by sharks, according to Pacific Historic Parks." "After World War II, Conter became an intelligence officer, flying combat missions in Korea. He was respected widely in the military intelligence community and was known for helping create the Navy’s first SERE program (survival, evasion, resistance and escape), according to the National WWII Museum in New Orleans." "Conter went on to become a military adviser to Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, Pacific Historic Parks said." "After 28 years of service, Conter retired in December 1967, according to the National WWII Museum." "When Conter turned 100, he pinned the pilot wings he’d earned in World War II on his 29-year-old great nephew, US Marine Capt. Ray Daniel Hower, Pacific Historic Parks said. Conter was unable to attend the ceremony but during a keynote speech, Hower said, “We would not enjoy the freedom, opportunity, and prosperity we have today” without Conter’s service and heroism." " “They call a lot of us heroes, and I’ve always said we are not the heroes,” Conter told KCRA last year. “Heroes are the ones right there that day that lost their lives."
“They gave everything up. We got back to the States. We got married. We had kids and grandkids. We are still here. They were lost forever right then and there.”" www.cnn.com/2024/04/02/us/lou-conter-last-pearl-harbor-survivor-dies/index.html |
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Post by billybob on Apr 2, 2024 16:09:15 GMT -5
Dang. Hate to hear that. But surprised anyone was left from that early in the War
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Post by swampdog on Apr 2, 2024 17:27:30 GMT -5
A true warrior and a patriot! His family, and this nation can be proud of him, and what he and those many other servicemen and women of our wars and conflicts faced. May his soul rest in peace.
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Post by illinoisfisherman on Apr 3, 2024 7:55:27 GMT -5
Sounds like a great man that you would like to have known.
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