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  2. List of last surviving World War II veterans - Wikipedia

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    The people listed below are, or were, the last surviving members of notable groups of World War II veterans, as identified by reliable sources. About 70 million people fought in World War II between 1939 and 1945. Background shading indicates the individual is still living Last survivors Veteran Birth Death Notability Service Allegiance Aimé Acton 1917 or 1918 13 December 2020 (aged 102) Last ...

  3. Last surviving United States war veterans - Wikipedia

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    Richard E. Cole (1915–2019), shown second-from-right in this 1942 photograph, was a World War II veteran and the last living participant of the Doolittle Raid. Lou Conter (1921–2024) – U.S. Navy. Last surviving crew member of the USS Arizona. [62] [note 1] Hershel Woodrow "Woody" Williams (1923–2022) – U.S. Marine Corps. Last Medal of ...

  4. List of last surviving veterans of military operations

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    This is a chronological list of the last known surviving veterans of battles, sieges, campaigns, and other military operations throughout history. The listed operations span from the 5th century BC to the end of World War II. Excluded from this list are last living veterans of wars and insurgencies.

  5. He had no family. He was not famous. Yet hundreds attended ...

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    Yet on Tuesday, hundreds of people gathered at the graveside of World War II veteran Stephen Kolesnik Jr. and watched him laid to rest. The U.S. Navy veteran died Dec. 1 in hospice care at age 97 ...

  6. World War II vet didn't want to have any regrets - AOL

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    The 102-year-old U.S. Army veteran sought to draw the nation's attention to the ever-dwindling number of World War II veterans still living. His hope was people might want to meet some of them or ...

  7. Jefferson man who fought with Patton in World War II ... - AOL

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    Interestingly enough, while the number of veterans (the Department of Veterans Affairs reported in 2022 there were about 200,000 World War II veterans still alive) declines on a daily basis, the ...

  8. List of last surviving veterans of military insurgencies and ...

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    In the same piece, Marvel confirmed Woolson's claim to be the last surviving Union Army veteran and asserted that Woolson was the last genuine Civil War veteran on either side. However, Marvel did not present research establishing who, among the several other Confederate claims from the 1950s, some of which appear to be genuine, was the real ...

  9. With time short, veterans seize the chance to keep their D ...

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    Less than 1% of the 16.4 million Americans who served in the armed forces during World War II were still alive at the end of last year, and 131 are dying every day, according to estimates from the ...