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LAST SURVIVING USS ARIZONA SAILOR WHO WITNESSED PEARL HARBOR ATTACK DIES AT 102

  • Ken Potts, who witnessed the Pearl Harbor attack while working on the USS Arizona, has died at age 102.
  • Potts was operating a crane transferring supplies to the Arizona when Japanese planes bombed the ship on December 7, 1941.
  • Potts and other sailors rescued some crew members in their boat and witnessed the Arizona sinking just nine minutes later.
  • Lou Conter, 101, is now the sole remaining survivor of the USS Arizona.
  • Although other survivors have had their ashes placed on the sunken battleship, Potts did not want that.
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