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.

 
USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii.

ROSS SIMPSON

Susan B. Anthony (February 15, 1820 – March 13, 1906)

Susan B. Anthony was an American social reformer and
women’s rights activist who played a pivotal role in the
women’s suffrage movement. Born into a Quaker family
committed to social equality, she collected anti-slavery
petitions at the age of 17. In 1856, she became the New
York state agent for the American Anti-Slavery Society.
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SAN DIEGO (AP) — The USS Abraham Lincoln deployed this
week from San Diego under the command of Capt. Amy
Bauernschmidt, the first woman to lead a nuclear carrier in
U.S. Navy history.

Bauernschmidt, who previously served as the Abraham
Lincoln’s executive officer from 2016 to 2019, took over
command from Capt. Walt Slaughter during a ceremony
last August.

USS Abraham Lincoln in San Diego Bay. (US Navy)

On this day in 1941, Japan launched a surprise attack on the U.S.
Navy base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii as part of its plan to conquer Southeast Asian territories; the raid, which claims 2,400 American
lives, would prompt the United States to declare war against Japan
the next day.

The USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor.

TIM MAGUIRE