January 14, 2004
Last American WW1 wounded combat veteran dead
The Great War is now fading out of living memory:
Alfred Pugh, the last known combat-wounded U.S. veteran of World War I, has died. He was 108, only 10 days short of his 109th birthday, when he died Wednesday.Read the rest here.Mr. Pugh, who often told visitors the key to a long life is "keep breathing," joined the Army in 1917 and fought in France with the 77th Infantry Division.
In 1918, he was wounded during the Meusse-Argonne offensive, one of the war's bloodiest battles.He died at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center at Bay Pines. VA officials said he was the oldest wounded U.S. combat veteran, and one of fewer than 1,000 remaining American World War I veterans.
Posted by David on January 14, 2004 8:58 PM
The full story can no be found at the link given. If anyone has the full story, perhaps they might share it with my group. We have all ages and types on the group, including some very special veterans.
Posted by: Kathy on February 20, 2004 3:50 PM
I would really like to see the full text of this, too, please. This is a very important story. If anyone has it I would be most grateful for a URL or cc of the text (wkmail at juno dot com). Thanks.
Posted by: Warren on April 7, 2004 6:15 PM
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