The Last Two Veterans Of WWI | The Awl
There are two veterans of the First World War left in the world. Of all the parts of the world that move on without you, of all the borders beyond the horizon, of all the varying speeds and trajectories and characters and stories colluding together in giant waves of "now," "yet-to-come," "once was," and then it boils down to two. It’s not even the whole hand.

Nine years ago, there were 700 left alive.



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2 reacties op “Links voor 4 mei 2011”

  1. Vandaag, 5 mei, een dag na uw post, is Claude Choules overleden:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Choules

    Florence Green wins!
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Green

  2. Michel Vuijlsteke avatar
    Michel Vuijlsteke

    Ik las het vanmorgen ook. Trrr.