Posted on 11/10/2006 7:19:01 PM PST by MotleyGirl70
BRADENTON -- Ernest Charles Pusey, 111 years old and nattily attired in a dress shirt and light blue cardigan, smiled slightly when Gov. Jeb Bush walked in his trailer Friday and gave him a medal for helping win World War I.
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Ernest Pusey in 2004 photo
Nov 10, 2006
Governor honors veteran Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, right, presents veteran Ernest Pusey with a World War I service medal during a visit to his home Friday, in Bradenton. The 111-year-old veteran served in the U.S. Navy from 1917 to 1919 aboard the battleship USS Wyoming.
Patriotic ping fellas!
111!!!! That's amazing!
Bttt!
To me, the generation that fought the First World War was truly the greatest generation. They encountered horror on a scale no one ever could have imagined in the Victorian period. The modern world was born during World War I, not World War II.
Thanks for posting this.
After losing their first encounter against the fresh U.S. troops, Germans in France were heard complaining that they couldn't kill the Americans, that "they just wouldn't die."
This guy shows they were right!
Holy cow that guy ought to have a monument made for him.
We're well aware that this is a duplicate of http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1736690/posts
When you live to 111 years of age and have survived the 'Great War', we'll let you have 2 threads, too.
Thanks,
AM
Wow.
Whatever. I did a search for it and nothing came up so I posted it.
When you live to 111 years of age and have survived the 'Great War', we'll let you have 2 threads, too.
How noble of you.
Local ping
WWI American sailor and sweetheart.
WOW! That is so freakin amazing! Thanks for posting!
You're very welcome :) It was my pleasure to post such a heart-warming story, even if it is a duplicate thread. I'm just glad others who didn't happen to see the first thread got to see mine.
God Bless you Ernest Pusey and thank you for your service to our country
Ernest Charles Pusey... OUTSTANDING!
What a great man! Men like him make me proud to be an American.
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