Lou Conter, the last surviving member of the USS Arizona, passed away yesterday (April 1st, 2024) Thank you for your service Mr. Conter Gone but NEVER forgotten are all who served us 🇺🇸
@dariuscanuto6 ай бұрын
😢🙏🇺🇸
@MasterSethern6 ай бұрын
A grim reminder that there will be a time, when there is no more WW2 veterans alive, anywhere. That time is coming up very soon. There is already no WW1 Veterans alive today, in any part of the entire world.
@colinator30432 жыл бұрын
Dude Literally survived The Arizona Explosion to surfing and Punching a Fricking Shark in the Nose To saving as many lives as he could. Someone come give Mr Conter a Medal of Honor
@Brigada91RealBriggy Жыл бұрын
yea man, what the hell? what a badass. Friggin legend
@reptilia71704 ай бұрын
Chuck norris would bow for this guy
@colinator30434 ай бұрын
@@reptilia7170 Amen
@jennh2096 Жыл бұрын
Man said "not today Satan, not today" and started punching sharks in the face. A true legend and hero, may his story never die. Thank you sir for your service and sacrifice to protect our great country. I will never forget what you have done for me and my family
@bigred83132 жыл бұрын
The Black Cats were some of the bravest aviators of the war in my eyes. Flying at night over shark infested waters in Zero infested skies to get their jobs done. Respect.
@4thGloryMonday2 жыл бұрын
thanks josh scott for keeping the memories of these brave men alive
@mrkhawk2 жыл бұрын
Yy
@stevew61382 жыл бұрын
Thank you to the Greatest Generation. I wish every WWII vet had the chance to record their experience for the generations that follow.
@tomnewham12692 жыл бұрын
Not all veterans want to share their stories. We should appreciate the ones who do and respect those who find the memories too painful.
@stevew61382 жыл бұрын
@@tomnewham1269 No one said anything about compulsory participation.
@jimcronin20432 жыл бұрын
We should all be grateful that our country possessed young men of his character at that time.
@julianjeffbissette72382 жыл бұрын
Hello from North Carolina. I want to say thank you for making these videos of veterans who was actually there! If these stories aren't kept alive then we're almost sure to keep making the same mistakes over and over again. My Dad, Julian S. Bissette was a WW2 veteran. He was a combat medic in General Patton's 64th armored tank division, and he used to tell me true stories about things he went through, saw, or had to do while he was over there. He told me that was the coldest that he had ever been in his life while he was over in the European theater. Dad was 6 feet 7 inches tall and he said there was places where the snow drifts came up under his arm pits!! He told me that when they were involved in the "Battle of the Bulge" I believe it was where he said their tanks kept shelling this small mountain all night long where the Germans had several bunkers built into the mountain and he said the barrels of those tanks were glowing white hot and that when the sun came up the next morning they could see that there was not even one single tree left standing on that little mountain and he said the whole thing was black from the shelling all night long. I lost my Dad on June 18, 2003 and all those stories he used to tell me about WW2 once I became an adult means a LOT more to me now than they did when he first told me. Now I'd give anything to hear Dad's WW2 stories again. I remember watching that movie "Patton" with my Dad when it came on tv and he said that George C. Scott was the perfect one to play General Patton in that movie. I remember parts of that movie he would say "I was there, we did so and so, or he would say that really happened like this, and then there were parts of the movie where my Dad cried. In fact I think that's one of the first times I ever remember seeing my Dad cry. May God bless you and your loved ones and keep you all safe and sound during these crazy times we're all living in now!! 🙏✝️🙏❤️🙏🇺🇲🙏 WWG1WGA!!!
@MemoirsofWWII2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing a bit of your fathers experiences, he was a true hero! Thanks for watching!
@DanielJMathews12 жыл бұрын
God bless your father my man
@julianjeffbissette72382 жыл бұрын
@@DanielJMathews1 thanks my friend! If my Dad was still with us he would have turned 104 on September 12. I think it's really important to keep talking about these things as fewer and fewer schools actually teach about WW2 like when I was in school. May God bless you and your loved ones and keep you all safe and sound during these crazy times we're living through now days. I also pray you will have a very Merry Christmas and a happy and safe new year!! #WWG1WGA!!! 🙏✝️🙏❤️🙏🇺🇲🙏 ✝️🙏👼🎄🎁🎅✨️
@cliftongaither664210 ай бұрын
thank you for sharing your dad's story. he and all of those young men were heroes.
@julianjeffbissette723810 ай бұрын
@cliftongaither6642 thank you for the kind words my friend! In today's world it seems like you don't find very many people who are kind to others like you are. If my Dad were here I'd have him on KZbin telling stories about what he did and had to do in WW2 under General "blood and guts" Patton's command. Thanks again my friend!! May God bless you and all of your loved ones and watch over you and keep you safe and sound during these crazy times that we're all living in now days!!!!!!!
@OBMBEEZY2 жыл бұрын
I love how wholesome all these men are
@krautyvonlederhosen Жыл бұрын
Kinda gives a view of how we as a society have mutated.
@aaronhancock98642 жыл бұрын
This man just casually punched a shark in the nose like it was no big deal. What a legend.
@jimz682 жыл бұрын
The Greatest Generation indeed.
@DarylW4262 жыл бұрын
Thank you Mr. Conter for your bravery and duty to your country. Thank you Josh for making it possible that these Heroes will live forever. God Bless them all.
@moparedtn2 жыл бұрын
What the world would be like without such men as Louis is simply unfathomable. God keep you and yours, Mr. Conter - and *thank you* . - Ed on the Ridge
@fowchiiiliedpuppiesdied2 жыл бұрын
I think we are seeing what the world is like, without these guys, now. We need more people to be brave. These men had purpose.
@stevebruce12352 жыл бұрын
Thank you all for your service to this wonderful country the lives that were given for our freedom again we thank you
@theworldwariioldtimeradioc86762 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing this as we approach the 81st anniversary of the Date that will Live in Infamy. This is poignant because I’m betting in the next five years there will be no one left who fought in that battle. Thanks for this.
@williamchastain95102 жыл бұрын
I’ve been waiting for an upload from you guys for a while now and was worried you ran out of interviews, thank god that isn’t the case.
@johnkelley26152 жыл бұрын
Hopefully my grandpas interview comes out soon. They did the interview last may. I hope he gets to see it before he dies.. 😔
@jek45872 жыл бұрын
@@johnkelley2615 What did he do in the war? How is his health?
@dodotesla2 жыл бұрын
@@johnkelley2615 he'll get to see it! Don't worry 😊
@Wendy90059 Жыл бұрын
Same ! That’s always my thought.. I love these interviews & stories. These men are amazing! Thank you for the ppl who come together 2 do these videos 4 everyone to see❣️
@kentd47622 жыл бұрын
Yep. Heroes don't wear capes. Thank you, Mr. Conter and your fellow soldiers, for your service!
@sirbughunter99722 жыл бұрын
I would love to meet this man and just sit down and talk with him over a few beers. Wouldn't matter for how many hours, what a badass and incredible man.
@Rickkert20002 жыл бұрын
These men are the real legends! Its sad what the world has become. The best generation will be gone soon...
@AndrewBlacker-wr2ve Жыл бұрын
"These MAN are..." You really don't know that "men" is plural form of "man?"
@firstandlastnames8308 Жыл бұрын
No the best generation is the next generation. They will do great things as well.
@lexicat6177 Жыл бұрын
@@firstandlastnames8308 No generation suffered more than they did. Depression babies fought WWII, they had nothing and still fought.
@brettschermeister93898 ай бұрын
What do you mean so sad? It's better than ww2 Era or Vietnam Era. Our people aren't dying everyday and life actually means something. Back then, your life meant nothing. Living or dying was by chance. Don't be retarded.
@williamzanghettijr58622 жыл бұрын
I want to thank everyone involved in the making of this series of videos. My two Grandfathers fought in WW2. One in Africa and the other in the Solomon Islands. These men remind me of them as they have since passed on. It is just absolutely incredible what was achieved by the allied forces to stop the Japanese and Germans . Thank you to all the men and women who made that possible. Cheers ,William
@dotrichardson782 жыл бұрын
In Remembrance of: Dunaway, Kenneth Leroy; [EM3c, USN] KIA (Killed In Action) December 7, 1941 at Pearl Harbor aboard USS Arizona ((BB-39)) Currant Resting Place. Born in Oklahoma 1922, Son of Mr. John Westley Dunaway
@chijako79902 жыл бұрын
As others, I want to say thank you! It's a tragedy when these stories are lost. My great grandfather was a pearl harbor survivor. It traumatized him so much he never talked about it. All we know is he was at church with my great grandmother (they had been married for just over a month) when the attack started. According to family legend, she made him stay for the rest of the meeting. We also know that he was one of the men pulling people out of the water. It was a gruesome scene.
@jukeman572 жыл бұрын
What an amazing account. One of the greatest generations that ever lived. I thank God for each and everything one of these brave heroes, including my dad who was a US Merchant Marine in WWII. He saved many lives also with his gunnery skills.
@MrAgentEcho2 жыл бұрын
I know this channel is mostly about ww2, but when the sad day comes that there are none left, please start talking to korean war vets. They are largely forgotten between ww2 and vietnam. I would've loved for you to be able to go see Hershey Miyamura, but he sadly passed on tuesday.
@fredvanweerd51972 жыл бұрын
The greatest generation, my father in law Glen Allred landed D-day plus 5. He was a combat engineer, best part, him and thousands of others liberated my father who was a young boy with his family in the Netherlands, they immigrated here in 1949, it's a small world that they settled in the same state where he grew up, so his youngest daughter could marry my dad's oldest son, my neighbor Ira Todd served with the 6th Marine Division in the Pacific, he is why I choose the Marine Corps even though my dad and uncle's were all Air Force veterans of Korea and Vietnam. Great story I will definitely get this book, I love military history.v
@dinnahgod83492 жыл бұрын
Every episode of this series is simply amazing. I’m actually happy we got an update!
@OLMasterChief2 жыл бұрын
I jumped with excitement after waiting a couple extra weeks in hopes to see another video. I got worried we couldnt find anyone. This was a beautiful release of knowing we can still find these men and hear their truely amazing stories.
@wesinman23122 жыл бұрын
Thank you sir, and thank you to all your shipmates that didn't survive that day. My ex's father was at Hickam Field that day, but passed before I got a chance to meet him, I would have loved to hear his account of that day. You are all heroes.
2 жыл бұрын
Outstanding! 👏
@charlessaint79262 жыл бұрын
I've been to the Arizona. I met four of the last five Arizona survivors in 2016 present that day. To stand over the site where over 1,000 brave men died was humbling. One thing I will say about the battleship, when the salvage crews boarded to recover equipment, they found her 5" guns trained to the sky. The deck strewn with spent shell casings. Proof she went down fighting.
@pickngrin732 жыл бұрын
Their stories are amazing. Thank you for your service.
@pickngrin732 жыл бұрын
@user-ip8hb4bp4u and I've got a bridge to sell you. Piss off.
@Hevynly12 жыл бұрын
Well, wow! What can you even say? That's an extraordinary set of experiences. They just don't make men like they used to, that's for sure. What a guy! I'll add his book to my reading list.
@thomascrowley91222 жыл бұрын
TY your service Mr Conter
@OneNationUnderGod.2 жыл бұрын
Such an amazing veteran! I never knew USS Arizona survivors have been buried inside later on, that brought a tear to my eye. That's brotherhood! 🇺🇸
@Halfbaggin2 жыл бұрын
The longer you guys take to put out a video the more it makes me realize our greatest heros are almost gone. I hope all woman and men involved in the war should know your sacrifice will ALWAYS be the greatest historic event of our time. I wish I could shake the hands of 1. Just 1 single ww2 vet and look him dead in his eyes and thank him.
@sheilatruax6172 Жыл бұрын
I was privileged to shake the hand of one a few years ago. I thanked him and he told me," You were worth it!". I managed to get out the pharmacy door before I broke down. I had an uncle, a Marine, who was in the Pacific, on Iwo. My father-in-law was in Europe, US Army. My dad served in Korea, USAF. I am so proud of each and every one of them. I'm sure that the gentleman I met is gone. May they be blessed and hear the trumpet's call with great joy!
@Halfbaggin Жыл бұрын
@@sheilatruax6172 amen!
@FunSizeSpamberguesa2 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad you're finding veterans who are willing to talk. My grandfathers and all my great uncles fought in WWII, and none of them would ever talk about it. When I was in high school, my history teacher asked us all to interview any WWII vets in our families, and we all came back with pretty much the same thing: they wouldn't (or couldn't) talk about it. Looking back, they all probably had untreated PTSD.
@XHollisWood2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing your incredible service, sacrifice and courage for freedom ❤🇺🇸 God Bless you and your family 🙏❤️
@fourbyfourer2 жыл бұрын
WoW, another amazing story!! This one was really touching for me. Thanks for doing what you folks do MoWWII.
@youknownada23266 ай бұрын
I'm Bristish and i thank you and the entire allied forces who faught for our freedom.
@flightlinemedia2 жыл бұрын
Great video. Thanks for posting.
@robertthomas3777 Жыл бұрын
It’s vital to record these stories. Our greatest generation. Salute. Lest we forget. 🇦🇺🦘👍
@Skeptik-pe6ze2 жыл бұрын
God bless this channel thank you for my gold In this crappy generation
@waldopepper12 жыл бұрын
Happy 101st birthday Mr Conter!
@DanielJMathews12 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your service Mr.Conter, it's nice to see that your still just as healthy and lively as you were back then. May you and all the other wonderful ww2 veterans who served our country continue to live a happy and healthy life.
@rwsmith76382 жыл бұрын
I wish we could hear EVERYBODY'S story. I'm glad for the ones that get told.
@QurikyBark329192 жыл бұрын
Keep up the wonderful work guys! I’ll be meeting a USS Iowa/ USS Missouri veteran in the near future and see if he’d like to interview with y’all!
@MemoirsofWWII2 жыл бұрын
please fill out a veteran form on our website www.memoirsofwwii.com thanks for the lead! www.memoirsofwwii.com/veteran-form
@QurikyBark329192 жыл бұрын
@@MemoirsofWWII I will gladly do so when I meet him!
@katrinaball178 Жыл бұрын
WOW What a testimony! My sister passed away in May. She was only 53 and had stage 4 cancer for several years and finally went home. We are only 11 months and 2 weeks apart in age. Both of our parents are still alive and still married. My mom has always had the gift of seeing and talking to relatives and friends that have passed and in June my mom had a colonoscopy where she had to be put under anesthesia. My sister came to her while she was under and the first thing she said to my mom was tell my little sister that I love her and Daddy that I love him. That was SO COMFORTING for this vision my mom had! I have been complacent in my spiritual life for the past few years but now I've been reading my bible again and watching shows like yours! Thank you so much for sharing your testimony Mr Woodford.
@teddygunzbarno21022 жыл бұрын
Thank u for your service and our freedom 🙏
@zoso1up2 жыл бұрын
Great work as always,I've been waiting for new uploads thanks to you and your team and thanks to the Greatest Gen
@ditchell.munham2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the video. I’m always uplifted after listening to these stories and how courageous these men were. It makes me proud to be an American. I can’t wait to read the full story in his book.
@rikijett310 Жыл бұрын
Thank you endlessly Sir and may God bless you always!!!! ✝️🇺🇲✝️
@twangoldenbass2 жыл бұрын
My goodness. I could keep watching for weeks. Truly amazing and remarkable; the resilience, loyalty to country and comrades, patriotism, courage, dedication and intestinal fortitude. Truly the greatest generation.
@frankseville2136 Жыл бұрын
This man is a HERO!!! This is what America is made of and this is a real American hero!!we should all be thankful we had men built like this man to defend America when we did, if we had WW3 today with all the people hating America it would be very sad situation!! Be proud of your country and always support our troops who protect our freedom!!
@explorewithme7540 Жыл бұрын
My home town in New Guinea-Wewak. Grew up listening to many stories from my grandparents about how they survived the war. Even today many remnants of planes, ships, bombs, guns and caves still remaining.
@banjo12412 жыл бұрын
Thank you, sir!
@gsGs-xb6um2 жыл бұрын
This is my favorite channel. Please keep making content
@scarba Жыл бұрын
I literally begged my father to write his memories down. I regret not filming him. He only once told me a harrowing story, and then he cried for a man he had killed 60 years before.
@normasalgado44942 жыл бұрын
Thank you sir, for creating this important series honoring these heroes who fought in this war. I have several family members who fought in Europe, including one uncle who was killed in Belgium toward the end of the war. Thank you again for preserving their personal stories. This series should be part of the high school history curriculum.
@Clementinewoofwoof Жыл бұрын
These videos always make me cry, I can’t exactly cry anymore, but my right eye can still drool…
@chillingwiththeboy2 жыл бұрын
You are a great man thanks for sharing these stories
@stony983 Жыл бұрын
I had 9 cousins who died on that ship. They were in the fire up room, and my 2 great grandfather's were there. One was in the navy who was on deck of the Arizona, and one was ground troops who got knicked by one of the bombs dropped in the air base and my other great grandfather saved one man on the Arizona who skull was cracked. Very horrible day they lived.
@MiiLee_112 жыл бұрын
What a story 🙏🏽 God bless Lou ❤️
@kellycervi46982 жыл бұрын
Thank you Sir!!!
@yooperlooper2 жыл бұрын
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ Thank-you Mr. Conter and all who serve. War is destruction to the max - all for the love of the almighty dollar. Shameful
@RhettyforHistory2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing this man's story. He really has an incredible story and he is a real hero.
@MrScubajsb2 жыл бұрын
I love this channel and memories! This world is going to hell in a hand basket and people are forgetting these wonderful stories of these brave heroes who fought for our freedom.
@fowchiiiliedpuppiesdied2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@dhuramc-qo9nz3 ай бұрын
Respect and salute sir 🙏. May your soul rest in eternal peace. 🙏
@danyz250f2 жыл бұрын
Thanks josh.. and if you were wondering I cry every episode.
@uzi96212 жыл бұрын
Amazing as usual. Keep up the good work
@alicemcpherson7961 Жыл бұрын
Thank you Mr. Content for your service. We are a free Nation thank to you and others like you. I owe my freedom to you.
@foxtrotcharlie72942 жыл бұрын
Thank you for a great video as usual. I had the pleasure to take part in a Honor Flight to Washington D. C. last month. Seeing all of the Veterans remain strong through the years is such an uplifting experience.
@simpletruth52242 жыл бұрын
Thank you 🙏 You are the very best of America 🇺🇸
@jgonzalez101 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this great Interview and Presentation! God bless this great Navy Pilot!
@Soulmusic357 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your service.
@gordonhall9871 Жыл бұрын
this should be a movie it has everything
@Orophile_30321 күн бұрын
Aye! A fellow Coloradan! Proud of you!!
@notthefbi79322 жыл бұрын
Your videos are always amazing and well done 👍
@elizabethstagner7529 Жыл бұрын
Lou is an amazing man!!!
@ocularpressure45582 жыл бұрын
Lou thanks for your amazing dedication to our beautiful country ❤🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
@ThatWasThenThisIsNow-yn1eq2 ай бұрын
RIP Sir
@johnzabik270 Жыл бұрын
Thank you sir for your service 👍 I appreciate it so much.
@triplesicks132 жыл бұрын
Amazing story just as everyone you guys put out. Can’t wait for the next one!
@Rzr543 Жыл бұрын
Thank God these men were on our side.
@bulletsponge16562 жыл бұрын
Wow what a great story and admirable veteran !!
@tedbeaver2394 Жыл бұрын
Wow, what a tough guy!!
@telluride4017 Жыл бұрын
What an exciting life they lived!!!
@fowchiiiliedpuppiesdied2 жыл бұрын
This channel is outstanding, excellent editing, the growth is so impressive. Beautiful work to these guys. Blessings and gratitude to all veterans, many blessings and so much gratitude. American, Gen X
@carabela1252 жыл бұрын
Simply inspiring.
@Jack-xo2zp2 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much for the video. I'd would be appreciative if you could tell us when the video was filmed.
@MemoirsofWWII2 жыл бұрын
We filmed this interview in the spring of 2022. Thanks for watching!
@EliteFuller2 жыл бұрын
What a man
@robbiemcc4355 Жыл бұрын
Outstanding.
@jaredevildog63432 жыл бұрын
What a great video. Thank you for this amazing story.
@fredthebulldog5292 жыл бұрын
Incredible story, incredible person, incredible video. Great work everyone
@wisconsinfarmer4742 Жыл бұрын
This fellow knew how to think on his feet.
@Wilqposnb2 жыл бұрын
wow
@Freedom-nu7he Жыл бұрын
Please keep up this great work
@sammyy11052 жыл бұрын
what an amazing story!
@MonsterDeplorable Жыл бұрын
Lou was a tough sob.. just like most of our boys in those days. God bless the greatest generation
@Menez47 Жыл бұрын
The USS ARIZONA BABY man I wish I could’ve seen her in her glory.