On 3/21/2011 11:16 AM, Ian Skinner wrote: > Buckles, last WWI doughboy, dies at 110 in W.Va. > http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110228/ap_on_re_us/us_obit_last_wwi_veteran
And then there was one... *Last World War I combat vet dies in Australia http://apnews.myway.com/article/20110505/D9N1AR9O1.html May 5, 10:01 AM (ET) By KRISTEN GELINEAU (AP) In this Sept. 11, 2009 photo supplied by the Royal Australian Navy, World War I Navy Veteran Claude... Full Image SYDNEY (AP) - The last known combat veteran of World War I was defiant of the tolls of time, a centenarian who swam in the sea, twirled across dance floors, and published his first book at 108. He also refused to submit to his place in history, becoming a pacifist who wouldn't march in parades commemorating wars like the one that made him famous. ... * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:337541 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
