Frank actually lived in the same town I live in. He was honored in a ceremony last year (maybe year before) with the President.
I have played golf with a few gentlemen who knew him. They used to tell me that at 100+ he was sharper than most people 1/4 his age. On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 2:16 PM, Ian Skinner <h...@ilsweb.com> wrote: > > Buckles, last WWI doughboy, dies at 110 in W.Va. > http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110228/ap_on_re_us/us_obit_last_wwi_veteran > > "MORGANTOWN, W.Va. He didn't seek the spotlight, but when Frank > Buckles outlived every other American who'd served in World War I, he > became what his biographer called "the humble patriot" and final > torchbearer for the memory of that fading conflict." > ... > > My favorite comment from small percentage of the 2200+ that I read. > > "What a life Frank Buckles lived! Born before powered flight, a youth in > a time when automobiles were scare and the Great influenza epidemic > almost wiped out humanity on the heels of the worst war in history up to > that time... all of this before he was 20 years old! Then the Great > Depression, WWII, The Cold War and the 1950s... Ike, JFK, LBJ, King, > 1960s... another whole lifetime of experiences. By 1970, > intercontinental jet travel was common and men had landed on the moon. > His life was only a little more than 2/3rds done. Amazing. RIP, Mr. > Buckles." > > Another comment had the interesting insight that this man lived for > nearly one half the time we have been the United States of America > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:335413 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
