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Never in a million years would I have been able to pull his name, but dude was in a lot of stuff and definitely has a face you should recognize.Infinity Art Glass - Fantastic local artist and Shocker fan
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Always loved Chappy. He also had a role for a season or two of one of my favorite TV shows, Stargate: SG1.Infinity Art Glass - Fantastic local artist and Shocker fan
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Lieutenant Commander Lou Conter, Last Survivor of the USS Arizona, Passes Away Aged 102
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2024/...d-102-n2172206
The Arizona lost 1,177 sailors and Marines in the 1941 attack that launched the United States into World War II. The battleship’s dead account for nearly half of those killed in the attack.
Conter was a quartermaster, standing on the main deck of the Arizona as Japanese planes flew overhead at 7:55 a.m. on Dec. 7 that year. Sailors were just beginning to hoist colors or raise the flag when the assault began.
Conter recalled how one bomb penetrated steel decks 13 minutes into the battle and set off more than 1 million pounds (450,000 kilograms) of gunpowder stored below.
Conter went to flight school after Pearl Harbor, earning his wings to fly PBY patrol bombers, which the Navy used to look for submarines and bomb enemy targets. He flew 200 combat missions in the Pacific with a “Black Cats” squadron, which conducted dive bombing at night in planes painted black.
In 1943, he and his crew where shot down in waters near New Guinea and had to avoid sharks. A sailor expressed doubt they would survive, to which Conter replied, “baloney.”
“Don’t ever panic in any situation. Survive is the first thing you tell them. Don’t panic or you’re dead,” he said. They were quiet and treaded water until another plane came hours later and dropped them a lifeboat.
In the late 1950s, he was made the Navy’s first SERE officer — an acronym for survival, evasion, resistance and escape. He spent the next decade training Navy pilots and crew on how to survive if they’re shot down in the jungle and captured as a prisoner of war. Some of his pupils used his lessons as POWs in Vietnam.
Conter retired in 1967 after 28 years in the Navy.
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Just figured it needed to be shared, but OJ Simpson passed away at 76. Cancer.Infinity Art Glass - Fantastic local artist and Shocker fan
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Originally posted by SubGod22 View PostJust figured it needed to be shared, but OJ Simpson passed away at 76. Cancer.
What’s the Recommended Age for a Prostate Exam?
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Originally posted by Shockm View Post
Just an important public service reminder.
What’s the Recommended Age for a Prostate Exam?
https://www.healthline.com/health/me...-prostate-exam
Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind. ~Dr. Seuss
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