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Old 05-27-08, 11:24 AM   #1
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World War I Veteran Dies in Germany

So we have come to this. Only a few remain.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/...555854,00.html

My God, how many are left?

Is it just me, or has this year been, so few, a year of goodbyes? I have yet to see so many people die in such a short time.
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Old 05-27-08, 11:29 AM   #2
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Another one?!

Damn, is 2008 the end of the WW1 vererans?
now be at peace, Soldier.

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Old 05-27-08, 01:47 PM   #3
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The guns has silenced...but the cries of the world is still there.

WHY!?

I salute you kamerad.
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Old 05-27-08, 02:24 PM   #4
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This is actually the last Central Powers veteran... Yakup Satar of the Ottoman Empire died April 2nd in Turkey, and Erich Kaestner died January 1st.

Damn. Why the feck does this keep happening?! WHY? WHY, DAMMIT?! I WANT A FECKING ANSWER. NOW.
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Old 05-27-08, 02:35 PM   #5
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