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The last known combat-wounded US WWI vet<\/a> has passed away.<\/p>\n

Alfred Pugh, the last known combat-wounded U.S. veteran of World War I, has died. He was 108, only 10 days short of his 109th birthday, when he died Wednesday.
\nMr. Pugh, who often told visitors the key to a long life is “keep breathing,” joined the Army in 1917 and fought in France with the 77th Infantry Division.
\nIn 1918, he was wounded during the Meusse-Argonne offensive, one of the war’s bloodiest battles.
\nHe died at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center at Bay Pines. VA officials said he was the oldest wounded U.S. combat veteran, and one of fewer than 1,000 remaining American World War I veterans.<\/p>\n

(via Cronaca<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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