WASHINGTON (TND) — A World War II hero — who survived the
attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 — is ready to celebrate a big
birthday.
Ken Potts will be turning 102 on Saturday, according to the
USS Arizona Legacy Foundation, a nonprofit organization.
Potts was aboard the USS Arizona when the battleship was
attacked by the Japanese military on the naval base at in
Hawaii on December 7, 1941. More than 1,170 crewmen were
killed. But Potts, along with at least 330 others, survived.
The USS Arizona near Pearl Harbor in a photo taken by a
Japanese spy sometime before the December 7 attack.
USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii.
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