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This is a list of the last known surviving veterans of the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) who lived to 1999 or later, along with the last known veterans for countries that participated in the war. Veterans are defined as people who were members of the armed forces of the combatant nations during the conflict, although some ...
Director Peter Jackson premiered his World War One documentary "They Shall Not Grow Old" on Tuesday, urging those whose family fought in the conflict to talk to their elderly relatives with ...
Based on actuarial calculations; there should have been a grand total of about 10,000 World War 1 Veterans still alive at various places in the world in the year 1999. Yet I see a total of only 1,531 names on these lists (through July 18th, 2007); with ridiculously low numbers for Russia, Germany, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and even the ...
Veterans, for the purposes of this article, have been agreed to be those that were members of the armed forces of one of the nations involved in the war, up to and including the date of the armstice that ended the war on Nov 11, 1918. Other World-War I era veterans are listed seperately. For some countries, this may vary from the policy in use.
The first American women enlisted into the regular armed forces were 13,000 women admitted into active duty in the U.S. Navy during the war. They served stateside in jobs and received the same benefits and responsibilities as men, including identical pay (US$28.75 per month), and were treated as veterans after the war.
After chatting to both contacts & media in Poland, and in Dragonawa particulary, I am now even more certain Stanislaw Solinski is no longer alive, and as there are no media report
African American soldiers who served in World War 1 were treated worse before, during, and after the war than any other group of American soldiers. [4] During a homecoming celebration for African-American veterans of World War I in Norfolk, Virginia a race riot broke out on July 21, 1919. At least two people were killed and three others were ...
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