11-11-2008, 12:03 PM
Today is the 90th aniversary of the day when the guns fell silent in Europe in World War One on November 11, 1918 at 11am local time in France (around 4am here). It is a time to remember those who fought in that war. I remember my grandfather and great-uncle who went over there with the 36th Division (Texas-Oklahoma National Guard). They both went into battle on October 8, 1918 when the 36th relieved the 2nd Division as part of the Fourth French Army offensive near the Meuse-Argonne (th the left of where the American Army was).
My grandfather died in January, 1964 so I was never old enough to discuss the war with him. He was gassed in the campaign but continued on in the war. My great-uncle told me about World War One. He was wounded in the arm that first day and spent the rest of the war in the hospital. He remembered about the division being housed in one of Napoleon's barracks when they went over to France.
I looked up the survivor list on Wiki. There only 10 known survivors of World War One in the World (One-Australia, One-Canada, Five-England, Two-France, One-United States). None fron the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey) has survivied.
My grandfather died in January, 1964 so I was never old enough to discuss the war with him. He was gassed in the campaign but continued on in the war. My great-uncle told me about World War One. He was wounded in the arm that first day and spent the rest of the war in the hospital. He remembered about the division being housed in one of Napoleon's barracks when they went over to France.
I looked up the survivor list on Wiki. There only 10 known survivors of World War One in the World (One-Australia, One-Canada, Five-England, Two-France, One-United States). None fron the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey) has survivied.