Imperium Sidhicum wrote:Libertarian California wrote:
All World War II veterans will die by the 2030s. But something I think is amazing is that the last Civil War veteran died in 1956.
Must have been amazing for him to witness the technological advancement within his life. In his youth, he probably didn't even know what electricity was and fought his battles with nothing but a black-powder muzzleloader and bayonet - and by the time he died, people were fighting wars with supersonic jets and atomic bombs. It must have felt pretty strange for that man to recall his early youth.
Just over another decade and he would have lived to see us go to the moon. That's crazy to think about.