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Scortched Merc
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Posted - 2011.02.28 13:42:00 -
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http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/02/27/wwi.veteran.death/index.html?hpt=T2
Frank Buckles, the last U.S. World War I veteran, has died, a spokesman for his family said Sunday. He was 110.
May he rest in peace.
Hand Salute
Ready Two
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Winters Chill
Amarr
Diesect
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Posted - 2011.02.28 13:54:00 -
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I didn't know he played eve.
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Shoopa Whoopa
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Posted - 2011.02.28 14:08:00 -
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o7
Not as intriguing as the last (1) Tommy and British WW 1 veteran, tho.
He died aged 1-1-1 years, 1 month, 1 week and 1 day.
If there is a god he had a word in this.
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CCP Spitfire
C C P
C C P Alliance
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Posted - 2011.02.28 14:10:00 -
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Moved from 'EVE General Discussion'.
Spitfire
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catinboots
Minmatar
Vintage collective
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Posted - 2011.02.28 14:27:00 -
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So means none are left anymore, think it is sad in a way for who will tell their story now
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Istvaan Shogaatsu
Caldari
Rogue Drone Systems
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Posted - 2011.02.28 14:44:00 -
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 Originally by: catinboots
So means none are left anymore, think it is sad in a way for who will tell their story now
Don't worry - we'll soon have ourselves another lovely world war, and lots of veteran survivors to tell us great stories.
That's the rule, you see. Once there's no-one left to remember that war is a "bad thing" the numbers of people who think war is totally awesome begin to rise. Get enough of those people together and you have... well, the U.S. republican party.
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Gavjack Bunk
Gallente
Genos Occidere
Pandemic Legion
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Posted - 2011.02.28 14:51:00 -
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Does this mean we can stop buying ****ing poppies every year now?
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William Walker
Amarr
House Aratus
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Posted - 2011.02.28 15:48:00 -
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Originally by: Gavjack Bunk
Does this mean we can stop buying ****ing poppies every year now?
You will buy those poppies and you will never forget.
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Myxx
Risen Angels
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Posted - 2011.02.28 16:05:00 -
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Originally by: Istvaan Shogaatsu
Originally by: catinboots
So means none are left anymore, think it is sad in a way for who will tell their story now
Don't worry - we'll soon have ourselves another lovely world war, and lots of veteran survivors to tell us great stories.
That's the rule, you see. Once there's no-one left to remember that war is a "bad thing" the numbers of people who think war is totally awesome begin to rise. Get enough of those people together and you have... well, the U.S. republican party.
LOL. Its funny because its actually true =/
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Originally by: CCP Explorer
(and if you guys would also stop using Drakes it would be really appreciated, kthxbye).
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Selinate
Amarr
Red Water Syndicate
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Posted - 2011.02.28 18:10:00 -
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Originally by: Myxx
Originally by: Istvaan Shogaatsu
Originally by: catinboots
So means none are left anymore, think it is sad in a way for who will tell their story now
Don't worry - we'll soon have ourselves another lovely world war, and lots of veteran survivors to tell us great stories.
That's the rule, you see. Once there's no-one left to remember that war is a "bad thing" the numbers of people who think war is totally awesome begin to rise. Get enough of those people together and you have... well, the U.S. republican party.
LOL. Its funny because its actually true =/
^At this rubbish, 
As for the original topic, it is somewhat sad.
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catinboots
Minmatar
Vintage collective
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Posted - 2011.02.28 19:53:00 -
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In Flanders Fields
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
John McCrae was a Canadian physician who fought on the Western Front
in 1914. In the summer of 1915 he was transferred to the medical corps
in France.
He died of pneumonia while on active duty in 1918.
'In Flanders Fields' was written during the second battle of Ypres. It became
the best known poem of the first world-war.
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Christopher AET
Segmentum Solar
The Jagged Alliance
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Posted - 2011.02.28 19:56:00 -
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Only two WW1 vets left in the whole world. Claude Choules who was in the Royal Navy and went on to serve with the Royal Australian Navy in WW2. The second is a woman called florence green who served in the Womens Royal Air Force but not in a front line role. That conflict is very soon to pass from living memory.
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Baneken
Gallente
The New Knighthood
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Posted - 2011.02.28 21:53:00 -
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After that it's not very long for the last of the ww2 veterans and then we can start a third one; which hopefully leads us to Star Trek and not to total annihilation or planet of the apes. :P
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Shoopa Whoopa
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Posted - 2011.02.28 22:00:00 -
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Edited by: Shoopa Whoopa on 28/02/2011 22:00:51
WW3 is already in progress.
The age of conventional world-warfare ended with two big booms over Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
People even realized the whole arms race thing didn't work out either (otherwise the cold war would have started WW3).
Hence why WW3 didn't really involve weapons yet.
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hired goon
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Posted - 2011.02.28 22:09:00 -
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I wonder when he was sitting in the trenches with explosions going off all around him and his shell-shocked buddies munching on roast rats, whether he thought "I can't wait until Facebook is invented so I can die knowing my life and everything I fought for was worth it"
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Shoopa Whoopa
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Posted - 2011.02.28 22:13:00 -
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Edited by: Shoopa Whoopa on 28/02/2011 22:13:58
Originally by: hired goon
I wonder when he was sitting in the trenches with explosions going off all around him and his shell-shocked buddies munching on roast rats, whether he thought "I can't wait until Facebook is invented so I can die knowing my life and everything I fought for was worth it"
It wasn't worth it - noone in WW1 really fought for anything worth fighting for.
It was a war of aggression on all sides that ended in disaster, human tragedy and WW2.
Most soldiers learned this at great cost.
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Machiavelli's Nemesis
Angry Mustellid
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Posted - 2011.03.01 23:41:00 -
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Edited by: Machiavelli''s Nemesis on 01/03/2011 23:41:40
R.I.P.
The last british veteran of the great war died a couple of years ago. It's quite worrying to think of, in a way. When I learned about the landmark battles of WW1 at school, especially things like the miracle of the marne, the somme and the battle of jutland, th fact that there were still people alive who had lived through all that brought it closer to home. It gave it more of a meaning than all the ancient battles from centuries ago. I truly hope we don't allow the memories of the great war to fade into insignificance now that the last survivors have departed.
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Barakkus
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Posted - 2011.03.02 00:05:00 -
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Originally by: Istvaan Shogaatsu
Originally by: catinboots
So means none are left anymore, think it is sad in a way for who will tell their story now
Don't worry - we'll soon have ourselves another lovely world war, and lots of veteran survivors to tell us great stories.
That's the rule, you see. Once there's no-one left to remember that war is a "bad thing" the numbers of people who think war is totally awesome begin to rise. Get enough of those people together and you have... well, the U.S. republican party.
It didn't matter much when they were alive, we still managed to start 1 war, and 1 unnecessary war, which ****ed up the first war, in the last 10 years.
I'm pretty sure some asshat will do something really bad to necessitate a really big war somewhere, sometime soon.
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