Ken Potts, one of the last two remaining survivors of the USS Arizona battleship, which sank during the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, has died. He was 102.
Howard Kenton Potts died Friday at the home in Provo, Utah, that he shared with his wife of 66 years, according to Randy Stratton, whose late father, Donald Stratton, was Potts' Arizona shipmate and close friend.
In a 2020 oral history interview with the American Veterans Center, Potts said a loudspeaker ordered sailors back to their ships so he got on a boat. The Arizona sank just nine minutes after being bombed, and its 1,177 dead account for nearly half the servicemen killed in the attack. Today the battleship still sits where it sank eight decades ago, with more than 900 dead entombed inside.
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Ken Potts, one of last 2 USS Arizona survivors, dies at 102One of the last two remaining survivors of the USS Arizona battleship, which sank during the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, has died
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Ken Potts, one of last 2 USS Arizona survivors, dies at 102One of the last two remaining survivors of the USS Arizona battleship, which sank during the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, has died
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Ken Potts, one of last 2 USS Arizona survivors, dies at 102One of the last two remaining survivors of the USS Arizona battleship, which sank during the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, has died. Ken Potts was 102. Randy Stratton, whose late father, Donald Stratton, was Potts’ Arizona shipmate and close friend, said Potts died Friday in Provo, Utah, at the home he shared with his wife of 66 years. Stratton said Potts “had all his marbles,” but his body was shutting down and lately he had a hard time getting out of bed. The sole survivor from the Arizona is now Lou Conter, who is 101 and living in California.
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Ken Potts, one of last 2 USS Arizona survivors, dies at 102Ken Potts, one of the last two remaining survivors of the USS Arizona battleship, which sank during the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, has died. He was 102.
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Provo resident Ken Potts, one of last two USS Arizona survivors, dies at 102Provo resident Ken Potts, one of the last two remaining survivors of the USS Arizona battleship, which sank during the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, has died at age 102.
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One of last 2 USS Arizona survivors, Ken Potts, dies at 102Ken Potts had just turned 102 a week ago, and had carried memories of the attack throughout the course of his long life.
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