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To: BuffaloJack

Just how old was this guy?

Must’ve been 1 of the literal drummer boys....

73 posted on 08/09/2012 8:05:23 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)

To: the OlLine Rebel

> Just how old was this guy?
> Must’ve been 1 of the literal drummer boys....

In the mid-1950s, when he passed, he was pushing 110.
If memory serves me, I believe he was wounded at the Battle of Helena.

105 posted on 08/10/2012 4:28:33 AM PDT by BuffaloJack (Repeal Obamacare, the CITIZENSHIP TAX)

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