# France's Last WWI Vet Dies at 110

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 13, 2008, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frances-last-wwi-vet-dies-at-110/441213 "2008-03-13T03:30:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frances-last-wwi-vet-dies-at-110/441213/1 "2008-03-13T03:30:42Z")

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Story [here](http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/03/12/wwonevet.france.ap/index.html). Lazare Ponticelli, originally from Italy. I salute you, sir.

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**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frances-last-wwi-vet-dies-at-110/441213/2 "2008-03-13T04:04:59Z")

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Le jour de gloire est arrivé.

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**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frances-last-wwi-vet-dies-at-110/441213/3 "2008-03-13T15:38:47Z")

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It happens I’m currently reading a book at the First World War. Just to survive a day of that was amazing, still less to keep going for 90 years afterward.