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Donald Stratton, one of last three remaining survivors of USS Arizona attack, dies at 97
USS Arizona survivor Donald Stratton visits the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., on July 20, 2017.<br>Meredith Tibbetts/Stars and Stripes
USS Arizona survivor Donald Stratton visits the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., on July 20, 2017.<br>Meredith Tibbetts/Stars and Stripes

Donald Stratton, a sailor severely burned while aboard the doomed USS Arizona during the Japanese surprise attack Dec. 7, 1941, died Saturday at his home in Colorado Springs, Colo. He was 97.

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