Greatest generation

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Today, January 22, Valentin Roslyakov, a veteran of the Great Patriotic War, celebrates his 108th birthday.
In 2022, Roslyakov entered the Russian Book of Records as the oldest living participant of the Great Patriotic War.

Great anniversary, some fascists would call him a criminal, those Nazis never got over losing the war.

 

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Lou Conter, the last survivor of the battleship USS Arizona, which exploded and sank during the Japanese bombardment of Pearl Harbor, has passed away. He was 102 years old.
Conter was quartermaster and was standing on the main deck of the Arizona when Japanese planes attacked the battleship at 7:55 a.m. Dec. 7.
After Pearl Harbor, Conter entered flight school to fly PBY patrol bombers, which the Navy used to search for submarines and bomb enemy targets. He flew 200 combat sorties in the Pacific as a member of the Black Cat Squadron, which performed dive bombing missions at night in aircraft painted black.
Conter retired in 1967 after 28 years in the Navy.
With Conter's death, there were 19 survivors of the attack on Pearl Harbor (according to Kathleen Farley, chairman of the Sons and Daughters of Pearl Harbor Survivors). According to a rough estimate by military historian J. Michael Wenger, there were about 87,000 troops on Oahu on December 7.