Last known Great War Combat Soldier has passed

[striprman]

I remember my grampa telling some pretty bad war stories.
Muleskinner.

[Mike P]

You have to think that any American who served during WW I has to be at least 105 now, and at that, he'd have had to enlist at 15 years of age.

We entered the war in the spring of 1917, which means that the first troops probably didn't get to France until the summer, minimum.

[Raven]

his life after the war must have been real healthy to have lived that long.....
especially considering that he was on body retrieval ...
which can shave many many years off your life expectancy.
25% of our soldiers who fought in Iraq have combat stress disorder
and stress is what kills you. Amazing story ....

[fishsmith]

He was a true HERO -

After the armistice, Ramsey spent several months recovering the remains of American Soldiers who had been hastily buried in the trenches and transported them to the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, the largest American cemetery in Europe.

"You'd better believe it was pretty awful work," Ramsey told Oregonian reporter Rick Bella in 2005. "It was tough, but you became hardened to it."

[teaser]

R.I.P. - You da man!