France's oldest WW1 veteran dies

[kg4kww]

One of the last two surviving French veterans of World War I has died at the age of 110.
Louis de Cazenave, who fought in the Battle of the Somme in 1916, died in his sleep at his home in Brioude, central France, his son Louis said.

Mr de Cazenave's death leaves Lazare Ponticelli, also 110, as the last "poilu", or French WWI veteran.

Full Story (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7199127.stm)

[KG4JYD]

Wow... I feel like a connection to the past has been severed http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif

[KB1PLB]

WW1 Wow, I didn't know we had any left anywhere. We have 3 WW2 guys that belong to my Post and they are old.

[k4kyv]

I think there are still 2 known WW1 vets left in the US. One of the last 3 just died a few weeks ago.

Doesn't seem to me all that long ago when there were plenty of WW1 vets walking about, many not yet retirement age, and the majority of WW2 vets still looked young.

I can recall, in 1956 I believe, when the last known Civil War veteran died. That was 91 years after the end of the war. WW1 ended in 1918, 90 years ago this coming November. So the last of the vets are fading away right on schedule.

[G0GQK]

Took a long time for that news to travel across the pond.

G0GQK

[w0aew]

Quote[/b] (G0GQK @ Jan. 21 2008,16:00)]Took a long time for that news to travel across the pond.

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[KG4JYD]

Quote[/b] (k4kyv @ Jan. 21 2008,14:23)]I can recall, in 1956 I believe, when the last known Civil War veteran died. That was 91 years after the end of the war. WW1 ended in 1918, 90 years ago this coming November. So the last of the vets are fading away right on schedule.
Wow... I had never thought of that before.