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Navy veteran Bob Fernandez hods a photograph of the USS Curtiss, in which he served during the Pearl Harbor attack, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024, in Lodi, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

2 Pearl Harbor survivors, ages 104 and 102, return to Hawaii to honor those killed in 1941 attack

December 10, 2024 at 4:17 p.m.

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FILE – Lou Conter, an Arizona crewman, attends ceremonies for the 75th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 2016, in Honolulu. Conter, the last living survivor of the USS Arizona battleship that exploded and sank during the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, died on Monday, April 1, 2024, following congestive heart failure, his daughter said. He was 102. (Craig T. Kojima/Honolulu Star-Advertiser via AP, Pool, File)

Lou Conter, former Colorado resident and last survivor of USS Arizona from Pearl Harbor attack, dies at 102

April 1, 2024 at 2:13 p.m.

The last living survivor of the USS Arizona battleship that exploded and sank during the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor has died. Lou Conter was 102.

This aerial image courtesy of Hawaii Dept. of Land and Natural Resources shows lava flows on Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022, near Hilo, Hawaii. (Hawaii Dept. of Land and Natural Resources via AP)

Prayers? Bombs? Hawaii history shows stopping lava not easy.

December 1, 2022 at 7:08 p.m.

People in Hawaii are asking if anything can be done to stop or divert the flow of lava as molten rock from Mauna Loa volcano inches toward a highway on...

In this long camera exposure, cars drive down Saddle Road as Mauna Loa erupts in the distance, Monday, Nov. 28, 2022, near Hilo, Hawaii. Mauna Loa, the world's largest active volcano erupted Monday for the first time in 38 years. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)

What hazards are posed by Hawaii鈥檚 Mauna Loa?

November 29, 2022 at 12:35 p.m.

Lava is shooting 100 feet to 200 feet (30 to 60 meters) into the air as Hawaii's Mauna Loa, the world's largest active volcano, erupts for the first time in...

U.S. military faces crisis in Hawaii after leak poisons water

February 5, 2022 at 12:15 p.m.

A giant U.S. government fuel storage installation hidden inside a mountain ridge overlooking Pearl Harbor has provided fuel to military ships and planes crisscrossing the Pacific Ocean since World War...

Pearl Harbor survivor Herb Elfring speaks ...

Pearl Harbor survivors gather on 80th anniversary of attack

December 7, 2021 at 4:49 p.m.

A few dozen survivors of Pearl Harbor and other veterans gathered Tuesday at the site of the bombing 80 years ago to remember those killed in the attack by Japan...

Fuel in tap water alarms Pearl Harbor military families

December 3, 2021 at 8:39 a.m.

Cheri Burness' dog was the first to signal something was wrong with their tap water. He stopped drinking it two weeks ago. Then Burness started feeling stomach cramps. Her 12-year-old...

Families urge using new DNA tech to identify Pearl Harbor unknowns

August 2, 2021 at 11:53 a.m.

William Edward Mann enlisted in the Navy after graduating from high school in rural Washington state. A guitar player, he picked up the ukulele while stationed in Hawaii.

Pearl Harbor dead remembered in ceremony shrunk by pandemic

December 7, 2020 at 1:29 p.m.

U.S. servicemen and women and National Park Service officials gathered at Pearl Harbor on Monday to remember those killed in the attack — but elderly survivors stayed home to pay...

A worker puts reinforcements on boarded ...

Hurricane Douglas swirls “uncomfortably close” to Hawaii

July 26, 2020 at 8:48 p.m.

Heavy rain and wind gusts battered Maui on Sunday as Hurricane Douglas swirled off the coast of Hawaii and officials urged residents to take shelter.

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