USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor
Warfare
History Hit
4.5 • 943 Ratings
🗓️ 10 December 2021
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
When the USS Arizona was destroyed on 7 December 1941, it was the United States’ Navy’s single biggest loss of life. Producers Annette Hull and Warren Hull have worked tirelessly to tell the stories of some of those who were on board the ship. In this episode they tell us about the life of Lou Conter, one of the survivors of the USS Arizona, and the USS Arizona band, all of whom were among the more than 1,170 killed when a bomb exploded in a magazine.
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Credit to AnnWar productions for the interview with Lou Conter.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone welcome back to the history hit warfare podcast I am your host James Rogers and each week twice a week we bring you brand new military histories we like to say we are on the front lines of military history on this podcast and this week is no different at all. |
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| 0:30.9 | other side of the world we We've got a really special |
| 0:32.8 | episode coming for you in January so keep your eyes and ears open for that one. |
| 0:36.7 | But this podcast is one that's going to appeal to all of you no matter where you are. |
| 0:40.8 | It's on the history of the USS Arizona which was sunk at Pearl Harbor 80 years ago. |
| 0:45.4 | It was the greatest loss of life in US naval history. It's an interesting one for me because I've spent the week |
| 0:50.7 | working with NATO looking at the history of war and technologies and what that can tell us about what the future of war is going to look like. |
| 0:58.0 | And one of the things about Pearl Harbor was that the US military hadn't come to grips with the latest torpedo technologies |
| 1:04.4 | that could be used in shallow water that made Pearl Harbor vulnerable. |
| 1:08.2 | So it is an important lesson about keeping up to date with what your enemy has. |
| 1:13.7 | And to help us dive into the impact of this, |
| 1:15.7 | we have the fantastic filmmakers Warren and Annette Hull |
| 1:18.9 | who have interviewed numerous survivors of Pearl Harbor |
| 1:21.6 | and they've dived into the experience of Navy Band Unit 22 that helps us illuminate this tragic day. |
| 1:28.4 | They also show us some previously unknown and hidden aspects of this history that have helped them rewrite the |
| 1:34.2 | tale of Pearl Harbor. |
| 1:36.1 | It really is a special episode. |
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