WWI vet and world’s oldest man credited ‘cigarettes, whisky and wild, wild women’

Henry Allingham did his best to make sure his comrades were remembered

By Danica Kirka / The Bulletin
July 19, 2009

LONDON — Only death could silence Henry Allingham.

He went to war as a teenager, helped keep flimsy aircraft flying, survived his wounds and came home from World War I to a long — very long — and fruitful life.

But only in his last years did he discover his true....

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