Harry Patch, Last WW1 Link Dies at 111: war is organised murder

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	Harry Patch, Last WW1 Link Dies at 111: war is organised murder

abailart

7-26-2009 4:04 AM

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War is organised murder. (And a spectator sport for fiends).

<<<I hope that is not the end of him. His voice and body may have died, but his words on war should live on, resonating strongly, nearly a century after those Flanders cannon were finally silenced. It would be the best legacy for Harry and his generation. >>> (conclusion of article by last journalist to interview Private Patch).

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7-26-2009 1:13 PM

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