At 10:59 a.m. Sunday, the bells at the Most Holy Redeemer Cemetery will ring for Henry Gunther, a Baltimorean remembered as the last soldier killed in combat in World War I. Historians say he died two minutes before the Armistice went into effect, ending the conflict 100 years ago, on Nov. 11,…
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The heroic, perplexing tale of Henry Gunther of Baltimore, the last casualty of World War I
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