Oklahoma native, one of last USS Arizona survivors at Pearl Harbor, dies at 98

Lonnie Cook, an Oklahoma native who’s one of the last members of USS Arizona’s surviving crew at Pearl Harbor, died at the age of 98 Wednesday morning.Family members said Cook will be buried in his hometown of Morris, Oklahoma, the Tulsa World reported. Cook moved to Salinas, California, to be close to family.According to the Pearl Harbor National Memorial’s official Facebook page, Cook was one of the last five members of the USS Arizona’s surviving crew. Cook was inside one of the USS Arizona's turrets on Dec. 7, 1941, according to officials with the memorial. Officials said 1,177 of his USS Arizona shipmates died as a result of the attack.There are now only four remaining USS Arizona survivors: Don Stratton, Lauren Bruner, Lou Conter and Ken Potts.

Lonnie Cook, an Oklahoma native who’s one of the last members of USS Arizona’s surviving crew at Pearl Harbor, died at the age of 98 Wednesday morning.

Family members said Cook will be buried in his hometown of Morris, Oklahoma, the Tulsa World reported. Cook moved to Salinas, California, to be close to family.

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According to the Pearl Harbor National Memorial’s official Facebook page, Cook was one of the last five members of the USS Arizona’s surviving crew.

Cook was inside one of the USS Arizona's turrets on Dec. 7, 1941, according to officials with the memorial. Officials said 1,177 of his USS Arizona shipmates died as a result of the attack.

There are now only four remaining USS Arizona survivors: Don Stratton, Lauren Bruner, Lou Conter and Ken Potts.

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