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.

An inscription on the wall of the World War II Memorial in
Washington, D.C.

Rare and Incredible Color Photograph of the Attack on Pearl
Harbor. 

    
   

President Franklin D. Roosevelt is pictured during the
dramatic moments before the joint session of Congress
on December 8th, 1941, as he asked Congress to declare
a state of war against Japan for its "unprovoked and
dastardly attack."