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Van_GOOOOOUGH t1_j1db0qy wrote

Reply to comment by Cohibaluxe in TIL that Henry Gunther was the last soldier to die in World War I. The war ended at 11 AM and Gunther was killed at 10:59 AM while charging a German machine gun by IAmDavidGurney

I heard it was just one guy. When people found him & tried to explain that the war had ended, he was a bit stubborn & suspicious & senile about standing his ground.

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Cohibaluxe t1_j1dchvt wrote

There was one in Guam in 72, one in the Philipines in 74 and reportedly two in the jungles of the Philipines in the 90s.

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