От	Фагот
К	Begletz
Дата	29.05.2005 16:37:36
Рубрики	WWI; Современность;

103 года?

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Он воевал в возрасте 14-16 лет?

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От	Begletz
К	Фагот (29.05.2005 16:37:36)
Дата	29.05.2005 16:48:14

Он еще и курит при этом (-)

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От	ALTA
К	Begletz (29.05.2005 16:48:14)
Дата	29.05.2005 18:12:12

Я знаю деда который в свои 96 курит и позволяет себе выпить... И ничего : ) (-)

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От	Begletz
К	Фагот (29.05.2005 16:37:36)
Дата	29.05.2005 16:46:50

Он подделал документы

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>Он воевал в возрасте 14-16 лет?

Т к от с 1901 года, ему было только 16. Он переделал на 1899й.

In his 103 years, Lloyd Brown has learned these life lessons: Help out with the dirty work, be fair to your colleagues and follow the rules. But Brown will be honored tomorrow because he broke the rules.

Brown is one of the nation's last veterans of World War I. He will ride in the National Memorial Day Parade as a living testament to the 4.7 million U.S. servicemen of the Great War -- and to longevity.

Brown was eager to join the Allied cause in 1918, but he was only 16, so he fibbed about his age. His Maryland driver's license still lists 10-7-99 -- that's 1899 -- as his birth date, instead of the correct 1901.

"Everybody was patriotic; everybody wanted to join," he said. "Those who joined were local heroes, well received on the public streets."

It didn't hurt, he added with a grin, that the boys in uniform were popular with the girls.





http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/28/AR2005052800891.html

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