Thank you for your service Cpl Buckles!
To: Dawnsblood
The Liberty Memorial is the home to the only National World War I museum in the country. Anyone passing through the KC area, it is well worth spending a day there.
Link
To: Dawnsblood
That's inspiring (even if strictly speaking against the rules). At age 16 he talked his way INTO the Service of his Country.
Great story for Memorial Day, too.
My gratitude for your service, Sir, and for that of all Veterans. The freedom I enjoy today to post on FreeRepublic came at tremendous cost, and is appreciated today and every day.
3 posted on
05/26/2008 4:19:56 PM PDT by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
To: Dawnsblood
...convincing him Missouri didn't keep public records of birth.Correct. Not until 1924 did the federal government lay an unfunded mandate upon the states to keep track of births, deaths and marriages.
4 posted on
05/26/2008 4:22:50 PM PDT by
Publius
(Another Republican for Obama -- NOT!!)
To: Dawnsblood
Why on earth was this man not so honored before now?
To: All
Frank Buckles poses for a photo as he tours the National World War I Museum in Kansas City, Mo. Sunday, May 25, 2008. Buckles, at 107, is the last known living American-born veteran of World War I.
(AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
7 posted on
05/26/2008 4:49:02 PM PDT by
Dubya
(Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father,but by me)
To: Dawnsblood
Both of my grandfathers were WWI veterans. It is hard to imagine that their entire generation is now almost gone.
Thank you for your service Corporal Buckles.
11 posted on
05/26/2008 5:26:13 PM PDT by
Bubba_Leroy
("I believe in Santa Claus. I believe in the tooth fairy." - John Edwards)
To: Dawnsblood
He looks really good for 107! He probably hears that all the time.
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