France's last surviving veteran of World War I dies
PARIS (Winston-Salem Journal) — France’s last veteran of World War I died yesterday at 110 after outliving 8.4 million Frenchmen who fought in what they called “la Grande Guerre.”
Lazare Ponticelli, who was born in Italy but chose to fight for France and was a French citizen for most of the past 100 years, died at his home in the Paris suburb of Kremlin-Bicetre, the national veterans’ office said.
France planned a national funeral ceremony Monday honoring Ponticelli and all the poilus, an affectionate term meaning hairy or tough that the French use for their soldiers who fought in World War I.
Lazare Ponticelli, who was born in Italy but chose to fight for France and was a French citizen for most of the past 100 years, died at his home in the Paris suburb of Kremlin-Bicetre, the national veterans’ office said.
France planned a national funeral ceremony Monday honoring Ponticelli and all the poilus, an affectionate term meaning hairy or tough that the French use for their soldiers who fought in World War I.
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