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Offline nw_hunter

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Last Known World War I Combat Veteran, Dies in Australia at 110
« on: May 06, 2011, 10:47:01 AM »
# Claude Stanley Choules, the Last Known World War I Combat Veteran, Dies in Australia at 110

Claude Stanley Choules, 110, became a pacifist, refusing to march in parades commemorating wars like the one that made him famous.He served in both world wars!He was only 14 when he joined the Royal Navy."RIP Sailor"
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/06/world/europe/06choules.html?src=mv&ref=world
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Re: Last Known World War I Combat Veteran, Dies in Australia at 110
« Reply #1 on: May 06, 2011, 03:55:54 PM »
im sure he was a great man and what he saw prob did kinda sour him on war. ww1 and ww2 were brutal wars.
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