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Quartermaster Louis Conter USN Crewman of USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor. Conter went to flight school after Pearl Harbor, earning his wings to fly PBY patrol bombers, which the Navy used to look for submarines and bomb enemy targets. He flew 200 combat missions in the Pacific with a 'Black Cats' squadron, which conducted dive bombing at night in planes painted black.One night in 1943 he and his crew had to avoid a dozen or so nearby sharks after they were shot down near New Guinea. When one sailor expressed doubt they would survive, Conter responded 'baloney.' Don't ever panic in any situation. Survive is the first thing you tell them. Don't panic or you're dead,' he said. They were quiet and treaded water until another plane came and dropped them a lifeboat hours later. In the late 1950s, he was made the Navy's first SERE officer - which is an acronym for survival, evasion, resistance and escape. He spent the next decade training Navy pilots and crew on how to survive if they're shot down in the jungle and captured as a prisoner of war. Some of his pupils used his instruction to live through years as POWs in Vietnam.



Items Signed by Quartermaster Louis Conter USN

	The Calm Before the Storm by Robert Taylor. Price : £210.00	Dawn had broken to reveal another glorious day in paradise, and on board the USS Arizona and the repair ship USS Vestal alongside, the crew were taking it easy. All next week they would be hard at work preparing for sea, but today was Sunday, and t......
	The Calm Before the Storm by Robert Taylor. (AP) Price : £325.00	Dawn had broken to reveal another glorious day in paradise, and on board the USS Arizona and the repair ship USS Vestal alongside, the crew were taking it easy. All next week they would be hard at work preparing for sea, but today was Sunday, and t......
	The Calm Before the Storm by Robert Taylor. (RM) SOLD OUT	Dawn had broken to reveal another glorious day in paradise, and on board the USS Arizona and the repair ship USS Vestal alongside, the crew were taking it easy. All next week they would be hard at work preparing for sea, but today was Sunday, and t......	NOT AVAILABLE

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	US Fleet at Pearl Harbor Naval Prints by Robert Taylor and Ivan Berryman. Pack Price : £250.00 Saving : £120	Naval Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : The Calm Before the Storm by Robert Taylor. The Raid on Pearl Harbor, 7th December 1941 by Ivan Berryman
	Pearl Harbor Naval Prints by Anthony Saunders and Robert Taylor. Pack Price : £250.00 Saving : £120	Naval Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : The Calm Before the Storm by Robert Taylor. Pearl Harbor, USS California, by Anthony Saunders
	Pearl Harbor US Navy Prints by Robert Taylor and Randall Wilson. Pack Price : £245.00 Saving : £125	Naval Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : The Calm Before the Storm by Robert Taylor. Aloha Hawaii by Randall Wilson.

Quartermaster Louis Conter USN

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