The final five survivors of the U.S.S. Arizona returned to the sunken ship on the 75^th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor to pay their respects to the 1,777 shipmates they lost in the bombing — and the 329 survivors who have died since the carnage.

The survivors will gather Wednesday for a ceremony and took an aerial tour above the Arizona Monday, which let them witness the wreck that remains at the bottom of the ocean. The fly-over marking the first time they had seen the ruins from a bird’s eye view.

The five — 96-year-old Lauren Bruner, 96-year-old Lonnie Cook, 95-year-old Lou Conter, 95-year-old Howard Kenton Potts and 94-year-old Donald Stratton — are the last of the 334 Arizona survivors. The rest of the 1,511-person crew perished in the Dec. 7, 1941 bombing.(nydailynews.com)…[+]