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Old 04-02-24, 03:35 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by em2nought View Post
RIP, hard to believe that there was even one still alive to this point. My dad was still in training in the states by the end of the war, and he's been gone almost twenty years now.


I think there are survivors shown on the right side of that picture, maybe even Lou Conter himself. Notice that unlike the Fore Mast, the Main Mast is looks relatively untouched. Aft is definitely where you wanted to be on the Old Arizona on that day.
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