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'Last Post:' Final Thoughts from Britain's WWI Vets

World War I is fading from living memory. In Britain, only 21 veterans of the Great War remain. Their recollections have recently been published in Britain as Last Post: The Final Word from Our First World War Soldiers. NPR's Jennifer Ludden speaks with British writer Max Arthur, who spent the past year tracking down and interviewing those remaining veterans.
Read entire article at NPR "All Things Considered"