...Henry Allingham, Britain's oldest man, died on Saturday at the age of 113. He was one of the U. K.'s last three surviving veterans of World War I. Allingham saw combat on land, in the air, and at sea in a war that claimed almost a million British lives. When World War II broke out he was judged to be too old at age 43 to serve in combat but was "assigned to a project that sought to neutralize German magnetic mines."
Let's see. Survived three forms of combat in two world wars and lived to be 113. I think I'd leave that coffin unlocked for at least a day or so just to be on the safe side.
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