Your so right! Thank you for your service Frank!
Watch an interview with Frank
Posted on 05/28/2007 12:44:46 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. -- Frank Buckles, frail but sharp, surrounds himself with totems from another time and distant lands.
A china cabinet is filled with military patches, an old wireless telegraph and other knickknacks he collected while deployed to England, France and Germany. One wall holds a sepia-toned photograph of Buckles as a fresh-faced soldier at age 16 posing with the rest of his Army unit.
Another showcases commendations from Congress and the West Virginia governor, as well as a photograph of French President Jacques Chirac pinning the French Legion of Honor medal on Buckles' jacket.
And there are his war stories.
From World War I. "The Great War."
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WWs I & II were the last wars America was allowed to win.
Since then, rules of engagement have tied our hands, and rather than great Generals, like George Patton and Douglas MacArthur, running them, they have been, and still are, micro-managed by the ‘do as they are tolds’ on Capitol Hill.
But today, here’s to the millions of brave men and women who have given life or limb through over three and counting centuries so that we, in America, can remain free. May God bless them all. And may they not have given in vain.
My dad fought in the Korean War and received the Purple Heart. He is quiet person by nature, never showed too much emotion. Anyway, my brother took him and my mother to Washington, DC three-four years ago. When my dad saw the Korean War memorial, I was told he fell to the ground in tears.
In my opinion, the best memorial in DC.
I have a photo on my Freeper page. Philadelphia has an impressive one as well though not in the league with DC.
Glad there are still a few left to tell the tale.
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