And then there was one

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Dwight Wilson, 106, died Wednesday, May 9, 2007. He was one of two surviving Canadian veterans of World War I. That leaves John Babcocl, also 106, as the "winner" of the state funeral lottery. I'm ambivalent about this "honor". Neither one of these men saw active duty, being underage when they enlisted. Roughly 60,000 Canadians died on the battlefields of Europe and another 170,000 were wounded -- some horrifically. And then, Mr Babcock has been living in the states for the past 80 or so years. I don't know if he formally gave up his Canadian citizenship, but in my view, he did virtually.