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Frank Buckles, 107, old-school survivor (last U.S. WWI vet)
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| 18 May 08
| Emily Brown
Posted on 05/17/2008 8:58:10 PM PDT by GATOR NAVY
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Comment #2 Removed by Moderator
To: GATOR NAVY
A salute to this most impressive American.
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posted on
05/17/2008 9:03:07 PM PDT
by
Ciexyz
To: GATOR NAVY
Frank Buckles, 107, America's last living World War I veteran, relaxes in his 18th-century stone farmhouse in Charles Town, W.V.
Frank Buckles, on his way to a reception for Gen. John J. Pershing at the Skirvin Hotel in Oklahoma City in January 1920. stops to pose for a photograph. The general asked Buckles where he was born and Buckles told him Harrison County, Mo. "Just 43 miles, as the crow flies, from Linn County where I was born," Pershing said. "It impressed me that the general and I had something in common," Buckles said."
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posted on
05/17/2008 9:03:50 PM PDT
by
GATOR NAVY
(Your parents will all receive phone calls instructing them to love you less now.)
To: GATOR NAVY
There’s a reason, I believe, that we don’t live much longer than 100 years. Too many things change, and the world you leave is not the world you entered.
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posted on
05/17/2008 9:04:18 PM PDT
by
TheZMan
(Bitter backwoods east Texan Christian gun owner.)
To: Brad's Gramma
No, he’s still chugging along.
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posted on
05/17/2008 9:05:00 PM PDT
by
GATOR NAVY
(Your parents will all receive phone calls instructing them to love you less now.)
To: TheZMan
Imagine, in thirty years there might not be any more WW II survivors.
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posted on
05/17/2008 9:07:41 PM PDT
by
Huskrrrr
To: GATOR NAVY
Oh my gosh.........OK. I think it’s time I leave the Internet.
Oh boy.
I’m sorry....BOY am I sorry.
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posted on
05/17/2008 9:07:57 PM PDT
by
Brad’s Gramma
(Vote for my German Shepherds!!!! They're smarter than what's running!!)
To: GATOR NAVY
Buckles went to San Francisco after he was rescuedAnd if the code pinko crowd had been present then they'd have hated him too.
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posted on
05/17/2008 9:08:39 PM PDT
by
South40
(Amnesty is a slap in the face to the USBP!)
To: Brad's Gramma
I don’t think he’ll hold it against you ;-)
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posted on
05/17/2008 9:09:14 PM PDT
by
GATOR NAVY
(Your parents will all receive phone calls instructing them to love you less now.)
To: GATOR NAVY
I hit the abuse button on me. Good grief.
I’m gonna go take the dogs for a walk now...hope I don’t get lost or something...
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posted on
05/17/2008 9:09:41 PM PDT
by
Brad’s Gramma
(Vote for my German Shepherds!!!! They're smarter than what's running!!)
To: GATOR NAVY
I hope not...
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posted on
05/17/2008 9:11:11 PM PDT
by
Brad’s Gramma
(Vote for my German Shepherds!!!! They're smarter than what's running!!)
To: GATOR NAVY
Frank Buckles is one of America’s finest!
What a great story, thnks for posting!
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posted on
05/17/2008 9:12:43 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
(DefendOurMarines.org | DefendOurTroops.org)
To: RedRover; jazusamo; Girlene; 4woodenboats; Grimmy; xzins; smoothsailing; lilycicero; freema; ...
Pinging to another article about the amazing Frank Buckles.
Enjoy.
To: Brad's Gramma
Ok, I did not read post number two, but based on your responses, please allow me to have a chuckle @ your expense.
:^>
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posted on
05/17/2008 9:15:42 PM PDT
by
TeleStraightShooter
(What value does Black Liberation Theology hold in a post racial Republic?)
To: GATOR NAVY
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posted on
05/17/2008 9:19:08 PM PDT
by
Bender2
("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
To: GATOR NAVY
Dude’s 107 years AND survived of the Bataan death march?!?
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posted on
05/17/2008 9:20:08 PM PDT
by
TeleStraightShooter
(What value does Black Liberation Theology hold in a post racial Republic?)
To: Huskrrrr
“-in thirty years there might not be any WW2 survivors—”
Stay on the net and FreeRepublic since I intend to be the last one left-—to reach 107 I have only 21 years to go-
To: GATOR NAVY; All
Anybody have a clue as to how many living WWI veterans are still around?
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posted on
05/17/2008 9:23:59 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
(Freedom is the right of all sentient beings. - Optimus Prime)
To: wastedyears
In the article there is a graphic that says Buckles is the last American WWI vet, and the only other living vet is Canadian.
Can you believe we are down to the last two?
I mean, my husband’s grandfather fought in WWI for the Germans. My mother remembers the Civil War vets in the parades. It seems so strange. History hurtles on.
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posted on
05/17/2008 9:33:19 PM PDT
by
I still care
("Remember... for it is the doom of men that they forget" - Merlin, from Excalibur)
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