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Lou Conter, last survivor of the USS Arizona in Pearl Harbor, dies at 102

12:15pm April 03, 2024

by Vanessa Romo

The seaman had a storied career in the Navy. Over 27 years he served, he survived the surprise attack by Japan, was shot down over the Pacific and was uninjured in the Korean War.

Marine recruits wait for their drill instructor as they cross the base at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island on August 22 in Beaufort County, S.C.

For a new generation of Marines, 9/11 is history

5:00am September 10, 2023

For many Americans, 9/11 is now simply a date to mark, much like December 7th and the Pearl Harbor attacks. Even the military war colleges are moving on.

Robert P. Madison served in the 370th Regimental Combat Team, 92nd Infantry Division, the only all-Black division to see infantry combat in World War II.

'Trying To Prove Something:' A WWII Vet Remembers His All-Black Battalion

9:23am December 07, 2020

On National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, Robert Madison, a 97-year-old World War II veteran, recalls his time in battle. He fought in the then-segregated Army as an intelligence officer.

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Doris "Dorie" Miller, U.S. Navy mess attendant 2nd class, became one of the first American heroes of World War II for his actions during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

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A Military 1st: A Supercarrier Is Named After An African American Sailor

11:15pm September 29, 2020

by Jay Price

USS Doris Miller will honor a Black Pearl Harbor hero and key figure in the rise of the civil rights movement. Miller, a sharecropper's son from Waco, Texas, was 22 years old when he created history.

In this photo taken May 27, 1942, Mess Attendant 2nd Class Doris Miller stands at attention after being awarded the Navy Cross for for his actions aboard the USS West Virginia during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.

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U.S. Navy To Name Aircraft Carrier After WWII Hero Doris Miller

4:36pm January 19, 2020

by Laurel Wamsley

Miller was a mess attendant on the West Virginia when he jumped in to man a machine gun during the Pearl Harbor attack. He is the first African American to have an aircraft carrier named after him.

Lauren Bruner, a survivor of the USS Arizona which was attacked on Dec. 7, 1941, died earlier in 2019 at the age of 98.

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Pearl Harbor Veteran Expected To Be Last USS Arizona Survivor Interred On Ship

4:14pm December 06, 2019

by Merrit Kennedy

Lauren Bruner died in September and on Saturday, his remains will return to the USS Arizona. He is expected to be the final USS Arizona survivor to be interred on the sunken warship.

Security guards outside the main gate at Hawaii's Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam following the shooting. The Navy says the gunman was assigned to a nuclear-powered attack submarine currently in port.

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Sailor Kills 2, Wounds 1 Before Taking Own Life At Hawaii's Pearl Harbor Base

10:32am December 05, 2019

by Mark Katkov

The U.S. Navy says the gunman was assigned to a nuclear-powered attack submarine currently in port. No motive has been identified.

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Pearl Harbor's Hidden Heroes: A Conversation With The Author

6:00am December 07, 2017

by David Ford

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The cast of "Miss Saigon" takes part in the curtain call on opening night at the Broadway Theatre on March 23, 2017 in New York City.

This Week In Race: Census Worries, Yellowface And Kendall Jenner. Again.

8:48am May 12, 2017

by Karen Grigsby Bates

In this edition: posers, pretenders and passers.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (right), strums a pineapple-shaped ukulele presented to him by Hawaii Gov. David Ige at a dinner on Monday in Honolulu. Abe and President Obama visited Pearl Harbor on Tuesday, 75 years after the surprise Japanese attack

At Pearl Harbor, Obama And Japan's Leader Tout Reconciliation

7:29pm December 27, 2016

by Greg Myre

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and President Obama stood side-by-side at the site of the 1941 attack. Both leaders memorialized the dead and spoke strongly of the relationship between the two nations.