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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4771974.stm
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/03 ... index.html


excerpted from the two articles:

France rediscovers WWI veterans

There appears to be no exact worldwide count of surviving veterans from
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs said eight WWI vets were listed on benefits rolls as of September 2005.
"I know that there are less than 50 veterans worldwide," he said. Living U.S. veterans include a 112-year old man living in Puerto Rico and a 104-year old in the Washington, D.C., area, he said.
Britain has 13 survivors, said Dennis Goodwin of the World War One Veterans Association. The British government has voiced support for a plan to hold a state funeral when the last one dies. It would be the first such funeral since the death of Winston Churchill in 1965.
The Turkish War Veterans Association says it has no WWI survivors.
Italy appears to have about 10.
Germany has no official figure, but an official at its organization for war graves estimated about five.
France's tally of World War I survivors is now seven -- a remarkable development raising the possibility that there may be others out there.