A passing of note: the last man to serve in the trenches for Britain in World War I has died. Harry Patch was 111 years old. Of all the tens of thousands who served, of all the tens of thousands who died, Mr. Patch was the last of the last.
Tom Brokaw and others labeled the vets of WWII 'the greatest generation' but the men who fought in that first war suffered the most; it was a ghastly crusade. There are few of any age who can comprehend what horror those men faced. Our nation agonizes over every death in Iraq or Afghanistan. Can you imagine a country the size of England losing thousands every day?
Victoria was still Queen when he was born. I'm sure that I don't want to outlast everyone in my generation. 111 years is a long, long time to live.
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