Last WW1 Female Veteran Dies - WOW!

Fireup2025 · 04-10-2007, 05:57 PM

Wow - incredible!

The End of an Era:
The Last Surviving World War I Woman Veteran Dies

Charlotte Winters lived for 109 years. To some, she may have appeared to be just an ordinary woman who enjoyed an extraordinarily long life. But the passing of Charlotte Winters on March 27, 2007, marked the end of an era in military women’s history–she was the last-known surviving woman veteran of World War I (WWI). Ninety years after serving her country, the Navy yeoman (F) was laid to rest with full military honors on March 30, in Frederick, MD, leaving only four other known surviving WWI veterans.

Please click here for the entire article: http://www.womensmemorial.org/News/C...teWinters.html

Women like this paved the way for my service today, and for them I am grateful

Mwsinron · 04-10-2007, 06:00 PM

My FIL is a WW2 vet Army. Some pretty neat stories. I can sit and listen to him for hours talking about that period of time. Still amazing some WW1 vets are still around.

Zipper · 04-10-2007, 06:20 PM

Canada has 2 surviving WW1 vets.

1 is in Toronto and the other emigrated to Washington State in the 1920's.

Australia had a State Funeral on the death of their last survivor.

Khan · 04-10-2007, 08:14 PM

Here's one of the few remaining WW1 veterans:

108 and still coherent.

http://www.daytondailynews.com/o/con...40607mary.html

HFWR · 04-10-2007, 09:33 PM

The war to end all wars...

04-10-2007, 05:57 PM	#1
Fireup2025 Full time employment: Posting here. Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 642	Last WW1 Female Veteran Dies - WOW! Wow - incredible! The End of an Era: The Last Surviving World War I Woman Veteran Dies Charlotte Winters lived for 109 years. To some, she may have appeared to be just an ordinary woman who enjoyed an extraordinarily long life. But the passing of Charlotte Winters on March 27, 2007, marked the end of an era in military women’s history–she was the last-known surviving woman veteran of World War I (WWI). Ninety years after serving her country, the Navy yeoman (F) was laid to rest with full military honors on March 30, in Frederick, MD, leaving only four other known surviving WWI veterans. Please click here for the entire article: http://www.womensmemorial.org/News/C...teWinters.html Women like this paved the way for my service today, and for them I am grateful __________________ Make no mistake, my friend, it takes more than money to make men rich. - A. P. Gouthey

04-10-2007, 06:00 PM	#2
Mwsinron Full time employment: Posting here. Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 718	Re: Last WW1 Female Veteran Dies - WOW! My FIL is a WW2 vet Army. Some pretty neat stories. I can sit and listen to him for hours talking about that period of time. Still amazing some WW1 vets are still around.

04-10-2007, 06:20 PM	#3
Zipper Full time employment: Posting here. Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 802	Re: Last WW1 Female Veteran Dies - WOW! Canada has 2 surviving WW1 vets. 1 is in Toronto and the other emigrated to Washington State in the 1920's. Australia had a State Funeral on the death of their last survivor.

04-10-2007, 08:14 PM	#4
Khan Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Greater Dayton area Posts: 3,054	Re: Last WW1 Female Veteran Dies - WOW! Here's one of the few remaining WW1 veterans: 108 and still coherent. http://www.daytondailynews.com/o/con...40607mary.html __________________ "Knowin' no one nowhere's gonna miss us when we're gone"

04-10-2007, 09:33 PM	#5
HFWR Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ... Join Date: May 2005 Location: DFW Posts: 5,383	Re: Last WW1 Female Veteran Dies - WOW! The war to end all wars... __________________ Have Funds, Will Retire Two turntables and a microphone...

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