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  • Obituary - Alvin Pugh: Last combat-wounded WWI Vet

    01/09/2004 6:58:47 PM PST · by TomServo · 16 replies · 212+ views
    ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Alfred Pugh, the last known combat-wounded U.S. veteran of World War I, died Wednesday, officials at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center at Bay Pines said. He was 108. Pugh, who often told visitors the key to a long life is "keep breathing," joined the Army in 1917 and fought in France during World War I with the 77th Infantry Division. In 1918, he was wounded during the Meusse-Argonne offensive, one of the war's bloodiest battles. Born Jan. 17, 1895, in Everett, Mass., Pugh raised 16 foster children, played the organ into his 100s and was...