Are there any WWI veterans still alive?
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There are 84 WWI veterans still living around the world.\n\nThere are 21 WWI veterans on record in the United States including the oldest man on the planet Emiliano Mercado Del Toro of Puerto Rico who is 113 years old.\n\nVeterans Still Alive in other Countries:\n\nAustrailia: 4 (3 from England moved to Austrailia)\nAustria: 3\nBrazil: 1 (fought for Italy)\nCanada: 3\nFrance: 9 (2 fought for Italy)\nGermany: 12 (1 fought for Poland)\nHungary: 2\nItaly: 19\nPoland: 4 (1 fought for Russia, 1 for Austria-Hungary, 1 for Germany)\nRussia: 2\nUnited Kingdom: 13\n\nAllies: 65\nCentral Powers: 19\nTotal: 84
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in first world war by germans
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Unfortunately not.  The last known Civil War veteran to die is widely accepted to be Albert Woolson, who died August 2,1956 at 109 years old.  It is extremely unlikely that anyone who was even alive during the civil war is still alive.  The war began in 1861 and ended in 1865.  That would mean that a baby born on the last day of the war would now be 141 years old.\n\nHere is a good article on the civil war to get you started. \n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War
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You could contact your local VFW for information on certain soldiers, however to find all of them would certainly be an undertaking for anyone.
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Call your local VFW hall.  Nothing but veterans in that group and I am sure they would love to help.\n\nCoach
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World War I, also known as the First World War and (before 1939) the Great War, the War of the Nations, War to End All Wars was a world conflict lasting from August 1914 to the final Armistice (cessation of hostilities) on November 11, 1918. The label World War I or First World War did not come into general use until after the outbreak of World War II in 1939, and until then it was commonly known as the Great War or the World War. The war was fought by the Allied Powers on one side, and the Central Powers on the other, resulting in eventual victory for the Allies. No previous conflict had mobilized so many soldiers or involved so many in the field of battle. By its end, the war had become the bloodiest war in recorded history, though this record was soon to be superseded by World War II.\n\nAmongst Western countries, World War I became infamous for trench warfare along the Western Front, involving a system of opposing trenches (separated by a "No Man's Land") running from the North Sea to the border of Switzerland. More than 9 million soldiers died on the various battlefields, and nearly that many more in the participating countries' home fronts on account of food shortages and genocide committed under the cover of various civil wars and internal conflicts. In World War I, only some 5% of the casualties (directly caused by the war) were civilian - in World War II, this figure approached 50%.\n\nUltimately, World War I created a decisive break with the old world order that had emerged after the Napoleonic Wars, as modified by the mid-19th century national revolutions, the processes of European national unification and European colonialism. Three European land empires were shattered and subsequently dismembered to varying degrees: the German, the Austro-Hungarian and the Russian. In the Balkans and the Middle East, the Ottoman Empire experienced the same fate. Three European imperial dynasties, represented by the Hohenzollern, the Hapsburg and the Romanov families in Germany, Austria-Hungary and Russia respectively, also fell during the war.\n\nWorld War I witnessed the first advent of Communism as a means of government in Russia. The following decades would see the transformation of the old Russian Empire into the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, a global superpower. In the east, the demise of the Ottoman Empire paved the way for a modern democratic successor state, Turkey, in the core region of Anatolia, in addition to a number of successor states and territories throughout the Middle East. In Central Europe, the new states of Czechoslovakia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Yugoslavia were born and Austria, Hungary and Poland were re-created. Shortly after the war, in 1923, Fascists came to power in Italy; in 1933, 15 years after the war, Nazism took over Germany. Problems unresolved or created by the war would be highly important factors in the outbreak, within 20 years, of World War II.\n\n\n\nCauses:\n\nOn June 28, 1914, Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria and heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, was assassinated in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip, a Bosnian Serb student. The Archduke was there to assert imperial authority over a disputed province. Princip was supported by pan-Serbian nationalists, with links to the Serbian military. Though this assassination is usually considered the immediate trigger for the war, its origins can be traced back to the complex web of alliances and counterbalances that developed between the various European powers after 1871.\n\n\nReasons and responsibilities\nThe reasons for the outbreak of World War I are a complicated issue; there are many factors which intertwine. Some examples are:\n\nFervent and uncompromising nationalism \nUnresolved previous disputes \nThe intricate system of alliances \nConvoluted and fragmented governance \nDelays and misunderstandings in diplomatic communications \nThe arms races of the previous decades. \nRigidity in military planning
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G'day A B,\n\nThank you for your question.\n\nThe end of World War I saw the US recognised as a major power for the first time. It became the world's greatest creditor unlike today. It had relatively few casualties with 53,402 battle deaths and 63,114 other deaths in service.\n\nI have attached sources for your reference.\n\nRegards
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Not many according to my research. That's a neat question though, you don't really think about disabled FEMALE veterans. Are you one of  them? If so then I want to thank you for serving our country and now having to pay the price for doing so. May God bless you and yours.
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More than one million, all volunteers.  There was no conscription.  45,000 Canadians died in WW2, and 55,000 were wounded.
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yes. far more innocent lives have been lost than those of soldiers, and even a lot of soldiers. I heard a story that a guy ran into battle in WWII and one of the german enemy soldiers, who knew he was about to die, just looked at him and cried. So even the men fighting under the name of Hitler were as human as anyone else. War is pointless. The best way to settle desputes is to get the leaders of the nations to fight each other rather than have other people do the fighting for them, while they remain perfectly safe, miles away from the battle, with security guards everywhere. sad world, isn't it. :(
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Long time ago, might not even still be around?  Found the 31st Field Hospital...\n\n\nhttp://www.geocities.com/usarsupthai2002/campfriendship.htm\n\nhttp://unitpages.military.com/unitpages/unit.do?id=108201&ESRC=ov_unitpages.kw&np=1\n\nhttp://www.geocities.com/goarmyinthailand/Locator/m000020.htm
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Well there are a few. My Grandfather (my papa) he was in the Military. My dad, he passed away on May 29,1992. So, this Memorial Day it will have been 14 years since he died. He will be greatly missed. I love him very much and it is still so hard to deal with. And of course I always think of the men and women who have died for us and the men and women over there right now.My prayers are with all the family's of the men and women serving today.\nBy The BradAusmusls.....GO ASTROS!!!!!
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I would contact the VFW in your area Veterans of Foreign Wars, or The American Legion, or your nearest veterans center.........good luck
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Was there a WW1? Did WW2 follow? Think about it
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Just about half the united states has someone in their family or friend in the military.  And im sure everyone in the united states knew someone at one point or another that died during a war.  Sad truth.
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My Grandfather in WW1\nMy Uncle buried overseas after being blown up by a land mine in WW11\nMy Uncle who made it home from Viet Nam but was never the same. Put a shotgun in his mouth and ended it.\nMy Son who thankfully has made it back from Iraq.\nAnd to the many other members of my family and other families whom have made the supreme sacrifice. Let us have a moment of silence for that sacrifice each day.\nBless you Petty Officer Third Class Aerr K. Eltringham
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Silver Dragon, you need to supply more info.\n\nFrom the sounds of it he was either an aussie or a brit.\n\nOk when/if he came home your grandfather should have got some sort of service records. Is there any documentation that one of your grandparents (if still alive would have?)\n\nMy grandfather was signals with the british during wwii and i know that when he emigrated from the UK to Aus he bough his service records and information with him. My grandmother still has them. My father has my grandfather's medals.\n\nas for replacement medals i dont know. but i do know that there are people out there that know and can help you to restore them if you need help.\n\nIf he was an aussie there would def be records with the australian war memorial as to what medals he was awarded, and his further details.\n\nIf hes a brit im sorry but i wouldnt have a clue.