On 3/21/2011 11:16 AM, Ian Skinner 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
And then there was one...
*Last World War I combat vet dies in Australia
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20110505/D9N1AR9O1.html
On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 2:12 PM, Rick Eidson wrote:
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> I have a friend here I share a few beers with on Saturday's that was in the
> 11th Airborne that was part of the rescue mission February 23rd 1945. The
> mission didn't get a lot of press because it was the same time as the flag
> raising o
e a moment to pause and consider a time gone by.
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
I think I'm going to have to keep an eye out for the documentary
"Pershing's Last Patriot" http://pershingslastpatriot.com/film/ this year.
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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, Ia
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 "th
