ecovlke's Diaryland Diary ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oregan's Last WWI Veterans Passing Oregan's Last WWI Veterans Passing (AP) Howard V. Ramsey, Oregan's last living World War I veteran died February 22, 2007 in Portland. He was 108. An Army corporal in France, Ramsey was a truck driver who ferried officers, carried water to troops on the front lines and returned the bodies of soldiers killed in battle. Ramsey was born in Colorado in 1898 and graduated from high school in Portland in 1916. He enlisted in the Army later that year. 10:03 a.m. - 2007-03-10 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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