# "Last" World War I veteran dies

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-world-war-i-veteran-dies/612080>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 7, 2012, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-world-war-i-veteran-dies/612080 "2012-02-07T16:13:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Malden\_Capell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malden_capell/32/5274_2.png) [@Malden\_Capell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malden_Capell)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-world-war-i-veteran-dies/612080/41 "2012-02-10T13:26:15Z")

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> [@Cicero](#):
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> I’d never have had the backbone.

Sadly, like them, you probably wouldn’t have had a choice ☹

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**Author:** ![Gedd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gedd/32/4938_2.png) [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-world-war-i-veteran-dies/612080/42 "2012-02-10T14:39:34Z")

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> [@Malden\_Capell](#):
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> Sadly, like them, you probably wouldn’t have had a choice ☹

Ehh, even though I was 18 when 9/11 happened I was confindent in the fact that I was Class 4-F: “not acceptable for military service.”

Still, I’ve played enough WWII first-person shooters to wonder “How the hell did anyone survive this!?”

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**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-world-war-i-veteran-dies/612080/43 "2012-02-10T18:13:25Z")

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[Oh What A Lovely War!](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064754/) is, of all things, a musical comedy, yet still conveys a very good impression of what WW1 was like.

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**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-world-war-i-veteran-dies/612080/44 "2012-02-10T18:56:01Z")

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Was _[Good-bye to All That](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good-Bye_to_All_That)_ ever made into a movie? If not, it should be, if they can find a director who can bring off “horrifyingly funny”.

Regards,  
Shodan

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