From the December 7, 2015, AZ Central "USS Arizona survivors meet again and ring their old ship's bell" by Shaun McKinnon, The Republic.
Two of the remaining USS Arizona survivors met in Tucson for "the reunion that wasn't supposed to be." The Survivors of the ship have in the past met every December in either Pearl Harbor or Tucson but decided last year in Hawaii that that reunion would be the last one. Back then there were just nine survivors, most in their nineties, and many unable to travel due to afflictions.
The two were Lauren Bruner of La Mirada, California and Claire Hetrick of Las Vegas.
The names of crew members who died that day were read as well as the names of eight Arizonans who died
The two men pulled on a rope to ring their ship's bell.
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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