108-year-old, one of last surviving WWI vets, dies

[rpannier]

TAMPA, Florida (AP) -- Harry Richard Landis, who enlisted in the Army in 1918 and was one of only two known surviving U.S. veterans of World War I, has died. He was 108.

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The remaining U.S. veteran is Frank Buckles, 107, of Charles Town, West Virginia, according the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. In addition, John Babcock of Spokane, Washington, 107, served in the Canadian army and is the last known Canadian veteran of the war.

Another World War I vet, Ohioan J. Russell Coffey, died in December at 109. The last known German World War I veteran, Erich Kaestner, died New Year's Day at 107.

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The last time a known U.S. veteran of a war died was September 10, 1992, when Spanish-American War veteran Nathan E. Cook passed away at age 106.

link:
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/02/06/war.veteran.obit.ap/index.html

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1. Wow. You know, we've completely forgotten the lessons from that war.

Anyone who isn't familiar with it, check it out sometime. WWI was the most horrific conflict in human history, even more so than WWII. It's lethality was matched only by its pointlessness.

[KharmaTrain]

2. They Saw Incredible Horrors

I was just reading about The Somme...hundreds of thousands of lives extinguished to capture just a few feet of ground. Generations decimated by machine guns and disease...thousands more scared by their experience.

WWI doesn't get the play here cause the US came in late and our losses were nowhere that of other countries...but its the passing of an era.

[Snarkturian Clone]

3. That's one tough cookie NT