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Article: Photographer Races the Clock to Document Remaining World War I Veterans of the United States as Number Fades to Only Six.
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- PR Newswire
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- March 12, 2007
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., March 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Born in 1900 World War I veteran John Babcock will be 107 in July and is the only surviving WWI veteran who saw combat. Photographer David DeJonge hopes to photograph him this Thursday.
In December DeJonge began strategizing a permanent and lasting documentary of the remaining 12 World War I veterans left in the United States of America. By the time he secured funding, four had died. As he moves to complete the project in Spokane, Washington on Thursday March 15 the nation is left with only 6.
Spread across the continent from one end to the other DeJonge has been on a quest traveling over 14,000 miles to ...