7 men are all that remain

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Over 60 million soldiers fought in the Great War, 20 million soldiers and civilians died, and another 20 million were wounded, these 7 men are all that remain:
Claude Stanley Choules

Born March 3rd 1901, joined the Royal Navy in 1916 and was a witness to the scuttling of the German fleet at Scarpa Flow. Last surviving veteran of the Royal Navy.

Frank Woodruff Buckles

Born Feb 1st 1901, joined the US Army in 1917 and served on the Western Front as an ambulance driver, last surviving US "Doughboy", met Hitler in 1938 in Germany and was captured by the Japanese and held as a POW for 3 years. Eligible for burial in Arlington National Cemetery.

John Henry Foster (Jack) Babcock

Born July 23rd 1900, Joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force in 1916, was sent to England but never saw combat, became a US citizen in 1946 and served in the US Army during WW2. Eligible for a State Funeral.

Netherwood (Ned) Hughes

Born June 12th 1900, drafted into the British Army in 1918 as a driver, was still in training when the war ended.

John Campbell (Jack) Ross

Born March 11th 1899, joined the Australian Army in 1918 as a wireless operator, served in the Australian Home Guard in WW2.

Henry John (Harry) Patch

Born June 17th 1898, drafted in 1917, last veteran to serve in the trenches and see combat, and last survivor of the battle of Passchendaele, wounded in action, Knight of the Légion d'honneur (France) and Knight of the Order of Leopold (Belgium).

Henry William Allingham

Born June 6th 1896, joined the Royal Naval Air Service (predecessor to the RAF) in 1915, last witness to the Battle of Jutland and the Somme, Knight of the Légion d'honneur (France), Europe's oldest man and the oldest ever Englishman.

 

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[texan connection]

Amazing this guy carried some rifles and a bag of hand launched Bombs from the rear cockpit of a open cockpit plane, high tech in its day, WOW

 

[Pimp Lenin]

I'd give my left nut to be able to spend an hour talking with any of these men. I remember when Alec Campbell, the last surviving Australian Digger of Gallipoli, died in 2002. What a respectful send-off Australia gave him. I was also able to visit the Australian War Memorial in Canberra - that place beats the socks off of any military museum I've visited in the United States. I would like to visit the Imperial War Museum one day in Britain.

I am glad I was able to spend a lot of time with many veterans of World War II; many of them family. By the time my kids are my age, there will be very, very few of them left. I hope to pass on the stories that I heard on to them.

 

[Montana Jim]

Claude Stanley Choules
Frank Woodruff Buckles
John Henry Foster (Jack) Babcock
Netherwood (Ned) Hughes
John Campbell (Jack) Ross
Henry John (Harry) Patch
Henry William Allingham

 

[Bridge End Farm]

Thank you gentlemen for what you did yesterday. Today and tomorrows will always be better from your dedication and service to mankind

 

[rangler]

Salute!

WE all owe the debt of eternal vigilance for the freedoms that we enjoy because of the
brave me like these who never hesitated, never faltered, and never surrendered!
America......
The land of the Free because of the Brave!
God Bless them all , every one.

 

[Tubecity]

Their sacrifices & those of any our military from any war can't be forgotten, nor should we allow
those that are now too young or especially those that come here from other countries to forget
just why America is the greatest nation in the world. And the reason they come here.

 

[RON (PA)]

Thank you just doesn't seem to be enough. These men, like all veterans, are the real super heroes. Hopefully someone has sat down with these men and have recorded their stories for all of us.