Monday, May 31, 2021

MEMORIAL DAY #7


 

Posted by Chic Silber at 5/31/2021 12:18:00 AM

5 comments:

Chic Silber said...


Not sure if any of the WW-1

veterans currently survive

31 May, 2021 00:44
Chic Silber said...


I'm told the last WW-1 veterans

had died about 10 years ago

31 May, 2021 01:56
Roger Smith said...

My grandfather was on his way to service in WW I when he was struck down by the Spanish flu pandemic of 1917-1918. That scourge sickened and killed millions worldwide, and was equal in all ways to what Covid has wrought today.

Sidebar: Beginning in 1915, Woodrow Wilson promised Americans we would not get into the European war. By 1917, it had raged those 2 years, and we began shipping out. By 1918, the government told the Ringling boys due to the needs of the railroads for war purposes, they could not continue operating 2 circuses on 100 railcars each. The brothers complied, and came out for 1919, titled Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows, Inc. I've wondered, had it not been for WW I, how long the boys would have continued touring 2 massive circuses on the nations railways.

31 May, 2021 16:41
boppabill said...

My uncle was drafted in WWI. He reported in, passed a physical, and was sworn in. He was told to go home and report, in the morning to the railroad station. Upon reaching the railroad station he was told the war was over and was given one dollar for pay and he could go home. Much better than being the last soldier killed in a war!

31 May, 2021 17:58
Tony Greiner said...

Did he get Veterans' benefits for the rest of his life? I hope so.

01 June, 2021 11:59

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