http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/01/16/523257-french-wwi-veteran-dies-at-age-108
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PARIS — One of France’s last World War I veterans, Rene Riffaud, has died at age 108, leaving just three known French survivors of the 1914-18 conflict, the National Veterans Office said Tuesday. Riffaud died overnight Tuesday, said Marie-Georges Vingadassalon, a spokeswoman for the office. Of the three surviving World War I veterans, the oldest — Louis de Cazenave — is 109, according to the veterans’ office.
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What a unique experience has been lost. What could he have told us?
Reinke Faces Life 