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Stealth Hunter
05-17-08, 12:07 AM
Yakup Satar, the last Ottoman veteran of World War I, has apparently died (April 2nd). Satar was 110 years old, and had fond memories of the 1910's and 1920's. He joined the Ottoman Empire's army in 1915, and was taken prisoner by the British at the Second Battle of Kut in Baghdad. He served with Mustafa Kemal Ataturk during the Turkish War of Independence from 1919-1922, and could remember the downfall of the Ottoman Empire.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article3699665.ece

One last Austria-Hungarian veteran; no more German veterans and no more Ottoman veterans. It's a lonelier front, now. Almost all the veterans of the Central Powers are gone now, save for Franz Kunstler. How sad it is going to be when all are gone. The last of the Tommies, and the last of the Bosch are standing. There are a little over 10 remaining veterans total, and an even smaller number actually saw combat during the war.

What are we going to do when they're all gone...?
mcf1
05-17-08, 01:40 AM
Rest in Peace
HunterICX
05-17-08, 03:29 AM
May he rest in Peace,

What are we going to do when they're all gone...?

Let's not worry about that, they are gone but never forgotten.

HunterICX
Tchocky
05-17-08, 03:50 AM
gone bot never forgotten.

Hunter wants us to build robot veterans to take their place.

Shame, Hunter :p
joea
05-17-08, 07:34 AM
Well a salute to the gentleman and his comrades.

Funny thign is he may have fought my grandfather (who passed away a long time ago) who was in the Greek army fighting in Smyrna/Izmir during the 1922 Greco-Turkish war.

I hope if there is an afterlife they're sipping raki and coffee together.
jpm1
05-17-08, 03:02 PM
Last french veteran died last month at the age of 110 years

Well a salute to the gentleman and his comrades.

Funny thign is he may have fought my grandfather (who passed away a long time ago) who was in the Greek army fighting in Smyrna/Izmir during the 1922 Greco-Turkish war.

I hope if there is an afterlife they're sipping raki and coffee together.

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Jimbuna
05-17-08, 03:37 PM
Very sad, but inevitable.

RIP
kurtz
05-17-08, 05:04 PM
What are we going to do when they're all gone...?

In the words of the rememberance day service, "We wil remember them".
bookworm_020
05-18-08, 07:49 PM
What are we going to do when they're all gone...?
In the words of the rememberance day service, "We wil remember them".

Pray and hope that the world never again goes down the same path.
Jacky Fisher
05-20-08, 07:52 PM
amen to that...