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Last U.S. World War I veteran Frank W. Buckles dies at 110
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ferfux
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Date: February 28, 2011 02:23PM
Frank W. Buckles died Sunday, sadly yet not unexpectedly at age 110, having achieved a singular feat of longevity that left him proud and a bit bemused.
In 1917 and 1918, close to 5 million Americans served in World War I, and Mr. Buckles, a cordial fellow of gentle humor, was the last known survivor. "I knew there'd be only one someday," he said a few years back. "I didn't think it would be me."
Mr. Buckles, a widower, died on his West Virginia farm, said his daughter, Susannah Buckles Flanagan, who had been caring for him there.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/28/AR2011022800165.html
In 1917 and 1918, close to 5 million Americans served in World War I, and Mr. Buckles, a cordial fellow of gentle humor, was the last known survivor. "I knew there'd be only one someday," he said a few years back. "I didn't think it would be me."
Mr. Buckles, a widower, died on his West Virginia farm, said his daughter, Susannah Buckles Flanagan, who had been caring for him there.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/28/AR2011022800165.html
Re: Last U.S. World War I veteran Frank W. Buckles dies at 110
Posted by:
tomahawk
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Date: February 28, 2011 04:48PM
Wow, I thought the last one died a few years ago. I met a WWI vet back in the 90s, the guy was a 95-year-old retired Marine gunnery sgt. who had fought in France. At the time he was perfectly healthy, didn't need a cane to walk or anything and his mond was sharp. The places he had fought at are historical legends now.
Re: Last U.S. World War I veteran Frank W. Buckles dies at 110
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whiterussian
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Date: February 28, 2011 10:17PM
RIP, Cpl. Buckles. He had an interesting life; WWI service, and a prisoner of the Japanese in the Philippines. His last wish was for a national WWI memorial that has been stalled in Congress. Maybe not the best time for one for now fiscally, but it really needs to be done at some point. Both my grandfathers were in WW1; one with the USN, and the other, as Barney Fife would say "was on the wrong team in '18". But there ya go.
Re: Last U.S. World War I veteran Frank W. Buckles dies at 110
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WashingTone-Locian
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Date: February 28, 2011 10:24PM
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Re: Last U.S. World War I veteran Frank W. Buckles dies at 110
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WashingTone-Locian
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Date: February 28, 2011 10:26PM
tomahawk Wrote:
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> At the time he was perfectly
> healthy, didn't need a cane to walk or anything
> and his mond was sharp.
Hopefully sharper than your "mond" : p
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> At the time he was perfectly
> healthy, didn't need a cane to walk or anything
> and his mond was sharp.
Hopefully sharper than your "mond" : p
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Re: Last U.S. World War I veteran Frank W. Buckles dies at 110
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whiterussian
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Date: February 28, 2011 10:29PM
dougboy was funny; spell police not so..
Re: Last U.S. World War I veteran Frank W. Buckles dies at 110
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WashingTone-Locian
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Date: February 28, 2011 10:31PM
whiterussian Wrote:
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> dougboy was funny; spell police not so..
I don't usually do that, because I misspell all of the time. I just thought the context was funny.
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> dougboy was funny; spell police not so..
I don't usually do that, because I misspell all of the time. I just thought the context was funny.
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Re: Last U.S. World War I veteran Frank W. Buckles dies at 110
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whiterussian
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Date: February 28, 2011 10:44PM
no prob, Loc, I just feel bad about losing our last link with the Great War. I did appeciate the doughboy image. Frank would have liked that.
Re: Last U.S. World War I veteran Frank W. Buckles dies at 110
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tomahawk
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Date: February 28, 2011 10:45PM
Well, it doesn't take much to outwit me, especially for a 95-year-old Marine gunny combat vet who got into fucking bayonette fights with Germans and fought in trenches with poison gas and lived to talk about it 80 years later. The guy looked old, but knowing his history I was pretty sure he could kill me handily.
Re: Last U.S. World War I veteran Frank W. Buckles dies at 110
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WashingTone-Locian
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Date: February 28, 2011 10:46PM
whiterussian Wrote:
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> no prob, Loc, I just feel bad about losing our
> last link with the Great War. I did appeciate the
> doughboy image. Frank would have liked that.
The weird thing will be when the last WWII veteran goes in about 20 years. When I was a kid, they were in their late 40s, early 50s.
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> no prob, Loc, I just feel bad about losing our
> last link with the Great War. I did appeciate the
> doughboy image. Frank would have liked that.
The weird thing will be when the last WWII veteran goes in about 20 years. When I was a kid, they were in their late 40s, early 50s.
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Re: Last U.S. World War I veteran Frank W. Buckles dies at 110
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whiterussian
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Date: February 28, 2011 10:56PM
Same here, and no kidding - - average age of WWII vet is 86.
Re: Last U.S. World War I veteran Frank W. Buckles dies at 110
Posted by:
Hatemotor
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Date: February 28, 2011 11:36PM
All the WWII vets in my family have already passed away,,,,but most of them were German so not many lived to the end of the war
Re: Last U.S. World War I veteran Frank W. Buckles dies at 110
Posted by:
Pinhead the Cenobite
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Date: March 01, 2011 06:42AM
You'll see WWII vets for a while.
Figure you probably had 16 or 17 year olds (if not a year younger) in the service in 1945.
That makes them now about 83. Centarians often last to 102 or 105. So we have probably a good 30 years to go.
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"...your suffering will be legendary even in Hell!"
Figure you probably had 16 or 17 year olds (if not a year younger) in the service in 1945.
That makes them now about 83. Centarians often last to 102 or 105. So we have probably a good 30 years to go.
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"...your suffering will be legendary even in Hell!"
Re: Last U.S. World War I veteran Frank W. Buckles dies at 110
Posted by:
TheDickHead
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Date: March 01, 2011 08:18AM
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Re: Last U.S. World War I veteran Frank W. Buckles dies at 110
Posted by:
whiterussian
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Date: March 01, 2011 10:50PM
Dad was wounded at the Bulge by the Jerries. On the other hand, my uncle was in the Afrika Korps and was captured by the Brits at Tobruk. He spent the rest of the war in Iowa and had a great time.
Re: Last U.S. World War I veteran Frank W. Buckles dies at 110
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tomahawk
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Date: March 01, 2011 11:05PM
whiterussian Wrote:
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> my uncle was in the Afrika Korps
> and was captured by the Brits at Tobruk. He spent
> the rest of the war in Iowa and had a great time.
They interviewed a black WWII paratrooper on NPR the other day and he was saying how on his Army base the German POWs got to hang out at the base exchange and drink Coke and beer but the black US soldiers were prohibited from that part of the base. I'm not into that racial guilt crap, but that was really fucked up.
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> my uncle was in the Afrika Korps
> and was captured by the Brits at Tobruk. He spent
> the rest of the war in Iowa and had a great time.
They interviewed a black WWII paratrooper on NPR the other day and he was saying how on his Army base the German POWs got to hang out at the base exchange and drink Coke and beer but the black US soldiers were prohibited from that part of the base. I'm not into that racial guilt crap, but that was really fucked up.