Claude Stanley Choules died today at a nursing hom... ...the age of 110. Choules was the last known combat veteran of World War I.
World War I was raging when Chou... ...e First World War, a U.S.-based group that tracks veterans .
Choules' autobiography is entitled The Last of...
http://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/05/r-i-p-claude-choules/
Frank W. Buckles celebrated his 110th birthday on... ...I. With his death, there are no more surviving US veterans of that war.
Buckles, who served as a U.S. Army... ...dertaken a project to document the last surviving veterans of that war.
As the years continued, all but B...
http://www.neatorama.com/2011/02/28/rip-frank-buckles/
When Alistair Hodgson was 21, he was a British paratrooper stationed in Northern Ireland. A booby trap exploded and tore him apart. His horrific injuries healed, except for the leg that was blown off and the other leg wh...
http://www.neatorama.com/2010/01/04/amputee-skydiver/