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Title: Last remainng doughboy
Post by: SkyRock on April 18, 2008, 10:05:03 AM

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/07/war.veteran/index.html

 :salute

Title: Re: Last remainng doughboy
Post by: Hap on April 18, 2008, 10:08:06 AM

Right.  Saw thing awhile back.  John Smith, my sister's grandfather was "over there."

Iron men and wooden ships.

Title: Re: Last remainng doughboy
Post by: Tr1gg22 on April 18, 2008, 10:40:27 AM

wow 107 :O :salute

Title: Re: Last remainng doughboy
Post by: wrongwayric on April 18, 2008, 10:52:37 AM

 :salute It is pretty sad that we have no national memorial to this group of patriotic people. He felt so strongly that he joined at 15!

Title: Re: Last remainng doughboy
Post by: lyric1 on April 18, 2008, 12:51:01 PM

Australia lost the last of our ww1 Vets not so long ago. My grandfather who was in ww1 passed in 1973 he was in his mid 80's then, it is great to see this man is still with us. :salute Pic's of my grandfather included. George T Lampe.   (http://img384.imageshack.us/img384/2496/scan18hh7.th.jpg) (http://img384.imageshack.us/my.php?image=scan18hh7.jpg)  (http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/8771/scan10bp7.th.jpg) (http://img247.imageshack.us/my.php?image=scan10bp7.jpg)  (http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/4345/scan19on5.th.jpg) (http://img72.imageshack.us/my.php?image=scan19on5.jpg)  (http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/9611/scan13sq8.th.jpg) (http://img72.imageshack.us/my.php?image=scan13sq8.jpg)

Title: Re: Last remainng doughboy
Post by: IronDog on April 18, 2008, 01:58:13 PM

My father fought in WWI.He was in the Coast artillery,and fired the big 16 inch railway guns.My Dad fell asleep one night in 1970,and never woke up.He was very patriotic,and proud to have served his country.The sad thing is he lost one of his sons that had been a artillerymen in the 36th Texas division,WWII,to a traffic accident in 1950.He lived long enough to see his youngest son go off to war,and to hear my Dad tell it,I won the war all by myself.Soon most all of the WWII vets will be gone,then Korea,Viet Nam,etc.Sometimes I sit around and think about it,and get all emotional.
IronDog

Title: Re: Last remainng doughboy
Post by: tatertot on April 20, 2008, 12:23:45 PM

my great grandfather aks papa Tate,was there,he has been long gone but i remember the stories he used to tell.Used to called the flame thowers devils breathers,and to hear how they went over the trench wall back and forth wow,could you imagime..
i have a pic somewere i will post if found >

Title: Re: Last remainng doughboy
Post by: Simaril on April 20, 2008, 01:34:24 PM

Quote from: tatertot on April 20, 2008, 12:23:45 PM

my great grandfather aks papa Tate....

So would this make you "a bud off the old spud"?

Title: Re: Last remainng doughboy
Post by: moot on April 20, 2008, 01:53:51 PM

My grandpa did both world wars, unfortunately he died before I was old enough to hear any stories from him.

Title: Re: Last remainng doughboy
Post by: tatertot on April 20, 2008, 07:21:09 PM

So would this make you "a bud off the old spud"?

lol now thats funny! :rofl :rofl :rofl