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Mateo Balbuena Iglesias (1913–2024) – Spanish Republic. Last veteran of the Basque Army. [286] Ángeles Flórez Peón (1918–2024) – Spanish Republic. Considered the last of the Milicianas in the Spanish Civil War. [287] [288] Josep Almudéver Mateu (1919–2021) – Spanish Republic. Last veteran of the International Brigades. [289]
4.5 Spanish Civil War (1936–1939) 4.6 World War II (1939–1945) 4.7 Korean War ... This is an incomplete list of the last surviving veterans of American wars.
This is a chronological list of the last known surviving veterans of battles, sieges, campaigns, and other military operations throughout history. The listed operations span from the 5th century BC to the end of World War II. Excluded from this list are last living veterans of wars and insurgencies.
Einsley Delmer "Del" Berg (December 20, 1915 – February 28, 2016) [1] [2] was an American soldier and union organizer who volunteered to serve with the XV International Brigade (nicknamed the Abraham Lincoln Brigade) during the Spanish Civil War. He was the last known surviving veteran of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. [3] [4] [5]
This is an incomplete list of the last surviving European veterans of several wars. The last surviving veteran of any particular war, upon his death, marks the end of a historic era. Exactly who is the last surviving veteran is often an issue of contention, especially with records from wars which happened long ago. The "last man standing" was ...
Among the speakers were San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom and a few of the several ALB veterans still living. The fourth memorial commemorates the students and faculty of The City College of New York (CCNY) who fought in the Spanish Civil War, including the thirteen alums who died in that war. The memorial is located in the North Academic Center ...
He was captured during the war, saved from execution by an Italian officer, and placed in a prisoner-of-war camp. [3] Paivio was the last surviving Canadian veteran of the Spanish Civil War, and in 2012 he was honored by the Spanish government by being granted honorary citizenship. [5]
In the much later years of his life, especially after the death of Nathan E. Cook, who had long been hailed as not only the last surviving veteran of the Spanish–American War but of any American engagement, debate raged over the trustworthiness of Jones Morgan's claim to have served. Morgan did not receive any military benefits due to a lack ...