Saw this posted on Martini’s BBS this morning.
Thank you for your service, sir.
J. Russell Coffey, one of three oldest living World War I veterans known in the U.S., rests while sitting in a wheelchair during an interview at Blakely Care Center in North Baltimore, Ohio, Friday, April 13, 2007. Coffey was the last WWI vet in the state, according to the Veterans Affairs Department. He died Thursday Dec. 20, 2007 at the age of 109, said the Smith-Crates Funeral Home in North Baltimore, about 35 miles south of Toledo. The other known surviving American soldiers are Frank Buckles, 106, of Charles Town, W.Va., and Harry Landis, of Sun City Center, Fla., according to the Veterans Affairs Department. (Madalyn Ruggiero/ AP Photo )
"You sleep safe in your beds, because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do you harm."
George Orwell
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December 22, 2007 at 10:47 am
Claudia
Your post inspired me to look in Vikipedia for WW1 veterans. Easily forgotten men by most of us, I guess, until one dies and then is called a hero. Mr.Coffey had a well started, long and useful life. He did his country, honour! We all learn from people like him. his death brought to my mind WW11 soldiers in my own family who are long gone. Belatedly, I say thank you to all. R.I.P.
December 22, 2007 at 4:19 pm
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