To: GATOR NAVY
A salute to this most impressive American.
3 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."
4 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.
5 posted on
05/17/2008 9:04:18 PM PDT by
TheZMan
(Bitter backwoods east Texan Christian gun owner.)
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.
9 posted on
05/17/2008 9:08:39 PM PDT by
South40
(Amnesty is a slap in the face to the USBP!)
To: GATOR NAVY
Frank Buckles is one of America’s finest!
What a great story, thnks for posting!
13 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: GATOR NAVY
16 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?!?
17 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: GATOR NAVY; All
Anybody have a clue as to how many living WWI veterans are still around?
19 posted on
05/17/2008 9:23:59 PM PDT by
wastedyears
(Freedom is the right of all sentient beings. - Optimus Prime)
To: GATOR NAVY
A remarkable man who has led a remarkable life.
23 posted on
05/17/2008 9:47:59 PM PDT by
Graybeard58
(Hillary/Obama or John Mccain - -easy choice for me.)
To: GATOR NAVY
To: GATOR NAVY
31 posted on
05/18/2008 12:06:16 PM PDT by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
To: GATOR NAVY
There’s only 1 left? Wow.
32 posted on
05/19/2008 3:02:17 AM PDT by
Impy
(Obama, you are stupid and I don't like you.)
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