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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 06:47 AM Original message |
WWI veteran Patch dies aged 111 |
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Dennis Donovan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 07:10 AM Response to Original message |
1. We still have one, bonafide US WW1 vet left: Frank Buckles: |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 07:17 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. It just refered to the UK |
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Dennis Donovan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 07:21 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. According to the list in Wikipedia, there's still 1 RN survivor in the UK... |
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non sociopath skin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 07:52 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. According to the article, Claude Choules has lived in Australia for most of his life. |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 10:05 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. I'm only 40, and I remember it too. |
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non sociopath skin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 07:11 AM Response to Original message |
2. Sleep well, old warrior. |
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enlightenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 12:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Thanks for posting that, Skin - |
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endless october (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 07:52 AM Response to Original message |
6. there are so few WWI vets left |
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salguine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 08:49 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Three more, as of this morning...one more Brit, one Canadian, and one Yank. |
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endless october (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 12:22 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. I'll be sad when we lose Frank Buckles. |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 03:24 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. The trouble is, Hollywood would have an almost impossible time turning the Western Front |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
10. RIP Mr. Patch. |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
11. Goodbye to the last Tommy of WWI. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
13. His parents had a good sense of humor. |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
14. RIP Mr. Patch. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 12:23 AM Response to Original message |
15. RIP soldier. |
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