It ended on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, and it was supposed to be the "war to end all wars." Aren't they all?
One would hope.
I realized that we are on the verge of losing all of our WWII veterans. I can only imagine getting dropped off on a beach with your only direction to go at the people shooting at you.
I still have a difficult time comprehending losing thousands or tens of thousands of lives in a single battle.
We had 5 million WWII vets. Now down to about 250,000 (less every day).
The last living American WWI vet issued a statement yesterday on final German reparations. I was not sure if we still had a WWI vet living or not:
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/americas-last-wwi-veteran-issues-statement-on-final-german-reparations-calls-on-nation-to-complete-remembrance-107027668.html
Quote from: Conan71 on November 11, 2010, 01:33:12 PM
The last living American WWI vet issued a statement yesterday on final German reparations. I was not sure if we still had a WWI vet living or not:
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/americas-last-wwi-veteran-issues-statement-on-final-german-reparations-calls-on-nation-to-complete-remembrance-107027668.html
The WW2 memorial just opened in 2004. I believe the only WW2 memorial in the United States used to be in Kansas City until that opened. I may be wrong on that.