USS Arizona survivor Ken Potts passes away at 102.

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USS Arizona survivor Ken Potts passes away at 102.
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Ken Potts, one of the last two survivors of the USS Arizona battleship that sank during the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, has died at the age of 102. Potts was working as a crane operator shuttling supplies to the Arizona when the attack happened. He and his fellow sailors pulled others to safety. The battleship still sits where it sank, with more than 900 dead interred inside. The only survivor from the Arizona is now Lou Conter, who is 101 and living in California.

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