영어뉴스 - 101세의 노병은 훈장을 받을 자격이 없다고 말합니다.

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81 years since Pearl Harbour, centenarian survivor refuses to be called a hero

1941년 진주만 공격에서 살아남은 몇 안 되는 생존자 중 한 명으로서, 미국 해군 선원 루 콘터는 영웅으로 불려왔습니다. 하지만, 2022년 11월 18일 AP 통신과의 인터뷰에서, 101세의 그는 왜 그가 그 훈장을 받을 자격이 없는지 설명했습니다. 

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This is 101-yearold former US Navy sailor cheated death 81 years ago.

He was at Pearl Harbour when Japan bombed the US naval base in Hawaii on December 7, 1941...formally drawing the US into World War II.

Lou Contor lost hundreds of his crewmates aboard the USS Arizona, which sank in the attack.

Hailed a hero, Lou however says he does not deseve the label

Lou Contor: December 7th is a very big day. 

And the 2,403 military men that were killed that day should get the recognition above everybody. 

They gave their life and they gave their all. 

And of those 2,403 men who got killed 1,177 were on the Arizona and shipmates of mine.

Over the years, Contor has attended the annual memorial ceremony in Hawaii.

Lou Contor: We're not heroes. 

They call us heroes but we're not.

It's the 2,403 men that died are the heroes. 

And we've got to honor them ahead of everybody else.

After Pearl Harbour, Contor became a pilot and fought in nearly 200 battles.

At the end of the 1950s, he was appointed a 1st officer of the US Navy SERE... which stands for Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape.

He spent the next 10 years training soldiers how to survive behind enemy lines.

He guidance helped his students endure years as prisoners of war in Vietnam.

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