arghton 6,414 Posted August 15 On 19/11/2021 at 23:00, arghton said: I wouldn't count an auxiliary veteran who never touched a weapon a veteran, I wonder how many women who fought in the war are still alive. Atleast Galina Brok-Beltsova, last veteran of the 588th Bomber Regiment "Night Witches" and Phyllis Latour, but I could also find: Rasammah Bhupalan (1927-) Served in the female combat Rani Jhansi Regiment. Probably still hundreds or thousands of them out there, especially women who served in the Soviet army Lt. Galina Brok-Beltsova, last member of the Soviet women's aviation regiments dead at 99. 5 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,414 Posted August 16 On 02/10/2023 at 22:52, arghton said: John Kinsel and Thomas Begay at a Navajo Code Talker event a month ago: Kinsel (who might actually be "only" 102) is extremely frail and apparently it was a miracle he was well enough to attend even though it was held very near his home as he's been almost completely bedbound and in a near-death state for months. Begay looks well and is healthy enough to regularly attend events so I assume he'll be the last survivor. Peter MacDonald didn't attend. Images from the Navajo Code Talkers Day, held on Wednesday. Peter MacDonald and John Kinsel somehow healthy enough to attend, neither look as bad as I thought they'd and apparently it's Thomas Begay who's in poor health now. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chel 333 Posted August 16 On 12 August in Almaty (Kazakhstan), 100-year-old veteran of World War II military paramedic Shangerey Zhanybekov passed away. 16 June 2024, the veteran celebrated his 100th birthday. zakon.kz 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,073 Posted August 23 On 11/11/2021 at 00:48, Ulitzer95 said: Annette Chalut (wiki), member of the French Resistance during WWII and a survivor of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, dead at 97 (in German). Along with Francis Huré, Hubert Germain (who just got a Telegraph obit), and Justus Rosenberg, that's four WWII resistants who had English Wiki pages dead in less than a month. 13 survivors from my Wiki watchlist: Maria Mirecka-Loryś (b. 1916, wiki) Monique Hanotte MBE (b. 1920, wiki) Epaminondas Stassinopoulos (b. 1921, wiki) Jacques Borker (b. 1922, wiki) Selma van de Perre (b. 1922, wiki) Valérie André (b. 1922, wiki) Jacqueline Fleury (b. 1923, wiki) Madeleine Riffaud (b. 1924, wiki) Pirro Kondi (b. 1924, wiki) could be dead? Walkiria Terradura (b. 1924, wiki) Adolfo Kaminsky (b. 1925, wiki) Robert Hébras (b. 1925, wiki) Simone Segouin (b. 1925, wiki) Madeleine Riffaud turns 100 today. She looked very frail last year. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Summer in Transylvania 1,954 Posted Thursday at 23:25 On 07/12/2023 at 14:11, Alex B said: Masamitsu Yoshioka. [Last surviving Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service pilot who took part in the attack on Pearl Harbor] (1918-) Masamitsu Yoshioka reportedly dead at 106. 9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sinbabad 1,005 Posted Friday at 15:59 Robert Worth, American veteran of Iwo Jima, has died aged 106. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,059 Posted 17 hours ago There can’t be too many people left for you folks to bump this thread. Is it fair to say whatever country's has the last person standing can claim ultimate WWII victory? Can’t wait to find out! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,059 Posted 17 hours ago On 30/08/2024 at 11:59, Sinbabad said: Robert Worth, American veteran of Iwo Jima, has died aged 106. America is Worthless without him. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NJD123 26 Posted 14 hours ago 3 hours ago, Sir Creep said: There can’t be too many people left for you folks to bump this thread. Is it fair to say whatever country's has the last person standing can claim ultimate WWII victory? Can’t wait to find out! You'll have to wait until approximately 2040 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
