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mriddick
02-28-2011, 08:19 AM
Frank Buckles, RIP
http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/02/27/wwi.veteran.death/index.html?hpt=T2
slamfire51
02-28-2011, 08:39 AM
I can't imagine living that long and the changes he saw in the world during that time.

RIP
mrkalashnikov
02-28-2011, 09:14 AM
I have a lengthy newspaper article saved from about 2 years ago about Mr Buckles, truly the last of his generation of American soldiers.

RIP, Doughboy. :animatedsalute:
Nimbly
02-28-2011, 11:35 AM
I would have loved to talk to him.
Warthogg
02-28-2011, 12:13 PM
WW I and then fought in WW II. A POW of the Japanese for three years. Plainly this man was made of stronger stuff !


Wart
Gunner1558
02-28-2011, 01:19 PM
RIP Mr. Buckles.

You have earned it, along with our respect.


:animatedsalute:
Warlord
02-28-2011, 07:37 PM
R.I.P

Thank you :animatedsalute:
El Duce
02-28-2011, 08:04 PM
RIP Sir!
aliceinchains
02-28-2011, 09:10 PM
"last man standing" Rest in peace brother.
Partisan1983
02-28-2011, 10:36 PM
RIP solider, you sure as hell have earned it.
AKTexas
02-28-2011, 11:00 PM
RIP to our final Vet.

RIP to all those that served no matter how small their role was.

I was fortunate enough to know my Great Grandfather for a brief time,he too was a WWI vet.
Prometheus168
03-01-2011, 12:36 AM
Farewell Sir... thank you..

Rusty
JTHunter
03-01-2011, 01:23 AM
Here's another link on the news story about Mr. Buckles.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110228/ap_on_re_us/us_obit_last_wwi_veteran
gewehr44
03-01-2011, 05:22 AM
WW I and then fought in WW II. A POW of the Japanese for three years. Plainly this man was made of stronger stuff !

He was a civilian working for a shipping company in the Phillipines when the war started. He was interned with the other civilians at the Los Baņos internment camp until Feb. 1945 when they were rescued in a raid by the 11th airborne division.

Here's a statement a blogger made that puts his life in perspective:

America under the Constitution is a little more than 220 years old; he lived through fully half of it. (http://hotair.com/archives/2011/02/28/rip-frank-buckles-americas-last-veteran-of-world-war-i/)
mrkalashnikov
03-06-2011, 10:00 AM
Here's an interesting development in the saga of the Last Doughboy:

http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/05/frank-buckles-buckles-daughter-susannah-buckles-flanagan-not-tak/

I hope the daughter is successful in her quest.
recon
03-06-2011, 11:05 AM
http://pershingslastpatriot.com/