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Posted 3/9/2009 5:58 PM


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Harry Patch, age 110, and the last known living British veteran of the trenches of WW I, is made an officer of the French Legion of Honor.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/somerset/7931817.stm



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Posted 3/10/2009 8:19 AM


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Wow

God Bless him.


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Obama (egotistical): “Now the world will watch and remember what we do here”
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Posted 3/10/2009 11:24 PM


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AbnCrazy (3/10/2009)
God Bless him.

Sounds like he already has.

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Posted 3/11/2009 5:57 AM


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Madhatter (3/10/2009)
AbnCrazy (3/10/2009)
God Bless him.

Sounds like he already has.

A couple times apparently, once to get through the hell of the trenches, and the second to have lived to such an age.


Abraham Lincoln (quiet, reserved and selfless): “The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here” -Gettysburg Address
Obama (egotistical): “Now the world will watch and remember what we do here”
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