Chocks Away: WWI Vet Remembers
11-11-2008, 06:49 AM
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Chocks Away: WWI Vet Remembers
We should all be students of history for there is still much to learn, and on this Veteran's Day, much to remember.
From Associated Press:
LONDON - Henry Allingham is the oldest living link to the 9 million soldiers killed in World War I.
He is 112 now, nearly blind, mostly deaf and uses a wheelchair — none of which stops him from trying to remind everyone of those long gone.
"I don't want to see them forgotten," he says quietly, speaking after the opening of a Royal Air Force Museum exhibition on the conflict. "We were pals."
WWI vet remembers forgotten ones - Europe
LONDON - Henry Allingham is the oldest living link to the 9 million soldiers killed in World War I.
He is 112 now, nearly blind, mostly deaf and uses a wheelchair — none of which stops him from trying to remind everyone of those long gone.
"I don't want to see them forgotten," he says quietly, speaking after the opening of a Royal Air Force Museum exhibition on the conflict. "We were pals."
WWI vet remembers forgotten ones - Europe
11-11-2008, 07:17 AM
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I didnt think that any WW1 vets were still alive! Good for him, WW1 was a rough one. Today is the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month, WW1 officialy ended. I think it was FDR who made today veterans day from armistace day. Sorry for the history lesson, but i havent brushed up on my ww1 history in a while.
