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2005-11-12 Home Front: Economy
WW I veterans number less than 50 in the U.S.
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Posted by Anonymoose 2005-11-12 09:04|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 They are only six in France. Could be that unhealthy American food leads to longer lives.
Posted by JFM">JFM  2005-11-12 11:26||   2005-11-12 11:26|| Front Page Top

#2 The WWI vets are truely the last of a historic generation of vets. They fought the horrific trench wars of attrition, suffering gas attacks and diease. Honorable warriors who were really the last to define the battlefild in terms like FLOT, and where attacking the enemy meant with fixed bayonetts. God bless them.
Posted by 49 pan">49 pan  2005-11-12 11:50||   2005-11-12 11:50|| Front Page Top

#3 Yes, they lived through hell, God bless them.
Posted by anonymous5089 2005-11-12 12:07||   2005-11-12 12:07|| Front Page Top

#4 When I was growing up, I can remember one or two from the Spanish-American War. Now they're all gone. Soon these men will be, too.

Rest easy; you've earned it.

Posted by Jackal">Jackal  2005-11-12 14:17|| home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]  2005-11-12 14:17|| Front Page Top

#5 Erich Maria Remarque, author of "All Quiet On The Western Front", also wrote a little-known sequel called "The Road Back", showing the despair in the lives of the same soldiers, returning home to Weimar Germany.

I highly recommend it.
Posted by Anonymoose 2005-11-12 16:37||   2005-11-12 16:37|| Front Page Top

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