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Few World War I veterans remain as memory fades
Lloyd Brown recalls Armistice Day 1918 from Charlotte Hall Maryland as a teenage seaman on the USS New Hampshire. He, at 104, notes few veterans are left. The VA lists eight WWI veterans with disability or pension benefits and possibly a few dozen more alive, with census data sparse. World War I began in 1914, involved major powers, and ended with significant casualties. the last veterans from earlier wars died in the late 20th century, while WWI memory fades.
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Washington, D.C
Lloyd Brown
Brown
Charlotte Hall
New Hampshire
America
Europe
U.S
Veterans Attanrs Department
Census Bureau
Balkans
Great Britain
France
Russia
Germany
Austria-Hungary
USS
Cven
Congress
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Defense Department
West Virginia
Iowa
Alabama
Sean Flynn
Dakota ‘Wesleyan University
Mitchell, SD