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Last living U.S. WWI veteran dies
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| 02-27-2011
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Posted on 02/27/2011 8:39:21 PM PST by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger
God speed and thank you for your service sir. Rest in peace.
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posted on
02/28/2011 5:00:44 AM PST
by
cake_crumb
(Why do they call them "pat downs" when they're obviously "feel ups"?)
To: Red Badger
About 20 years ago the little southwestern PA town were I live had their annual Veteran's Day Parade. One of the vehicles in the procession carried two WW1 vets. One Veteran had a sign which he hung out the window of the car. It read “Flag Burners are Traitors! Hang Them!” There was no doubt that in his day,that is just what they would have done.
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posted on
02/28/2011 5:15:52 AM PST
by
4yearlurker
(I can't afford anymore hope and change!!!!)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Just saw this.....rest in peace Cpl Buckles.... and the passing of an era that
I hope we don’t forget happened, and never let be repeated in
a new more evil manifestation.
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posted on
02/28/2011 5:19:42 AM PST
by
luvie
(I'd rather be a Tea Bagger than a FLEEbagger! :))
To: Red Badger
To: Red Badger
Thank you for your service, Mr Buckles. RIP.
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posted on
02/28/2011 5:26:39 AM PST
by
xzins
(Retired Army Chaplain & proud of it: Truly Supporting the Troops means praying for their Victory!)
To: Larry Lucido
One hundred years are not so long as I used to think. My paternal grandfather was born in 1879 and died in 1965, his father was born in 1844 and served in the confederate army. I was born in 1944. There are a few people still living who saw the last days of the 19th century.
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posted on
02/28/2011 5:27:28 AM PST
by
RipSawyer
(Trying to reason with a liberal is like teaching algebra to a tomcat.)
To: Red Badger; All
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posted on
02/28/2011 5:27:35 AM PST
by
NonValueAdded
(Palin 2012: don't retreat, just restock [chg'd to comply w/ The Civility in Discourse Act of 2011])
To: NonValueAdded
Grammar police self-arrest ... Its
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posted on
02/28/2011 5:30:39 AM PST
by
NonValueAdded
(Palin 2012: don't retreat, just restock [chg'd to comply w/ The Civility in Discourse Act of 2011])
To: NonValueAdded
There is a great old bronze Doughboy statue in front of the Monongahela,PA Post Office. Sadly,most folks walking buy have no idea what it represents.
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posted on
02/28/2011 5:34:46 AM PST
by
4yearlurker
(I can't afford anymore hope and change!!!!)
To: Red Badger
This man’s story is remarkable. Thank you for your service, and rest in peace.
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posted on
02/28/2011 5:39:01 AM PST
by
Colonel_Flagg
("It's hard to take the president seriously." - Jim DeMint)
To: Inyo-Mono
I agree. When I was a small child in the early 1950s there were thousands of WWI and even quite a few Spanish American War vets still around. I think that there may have been a Civil War vet or two still alive at that time too. You're right. The last survivor of the Union Army, Albert Woolson, died in 1956 at the age of 109.
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posted on
02/28/2011 5:40:39 AM PST
by
Colonel_Flagg
("It's hard to take the president seriously." - Jim DeMint)
To: Ghengis; Larry Lucido
My revolutionary vet forefather died in 1855 at 89 or 90; his grandkids and great grandkids served in the CW as the age range during that particular war was significant and not as limited to those 18-40 yrs of age. It isn’t too hard to conceive a CW vet knowing both a revoltionary vet and a WWII or even Korean War vet (as a child) passing the stories along.
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posted on
02/28/2011 5:41:31 AM PST
by
reed13
To: PghBaldy
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posted on
02/28/2011 5:45:29 AM PST
by
cake_crumb
(Why do they call them "pat downs" when they're obviously "feel ups"?)
To: SatinDoll
My grandmother’s brother fought in WWI. He passed away almost 20 years ago at the age of 96.
When I tried asking about his experiences in WWI, his face when gray and he said nothing. He must have seen some horrible stuff.
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posted on
02/28/2011 6:23:01 AM PST
by
kidd
To: Red Badger
Civil War vets march silent today in stone or bronze in courtyards across America. Now the World War I veterans join them.
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posted on
02/28/2011 6:25:30 AM PST
by
sergeantdave
(The democrat party is a seditious organization and must be outlawed)
To: Red Badger
HERO.
Prayers for his family, and thanks for his service.
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posted on
02/28/2011 6:35:14 AM PST
by
ohioWfan
(Proud Mom of a Bronze Star winner!)
To: AnalogReigns
My grampa was a WWI vet - though I really didn’t know it until after he died (98 in the ‘80s). He was old for a soldier and old for a father (never mind grandpa), but it’s nice to think this “Child of the ‘80s” had that link.
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posted on
02/28/2011 7:25:17 AM PST
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
To: Red Badger
Rest in peace... the true Greatest Generation.
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posted on
02/28/2011 7:31:23 AM PST
by
MarineBrat
(Better dead than red!)
To: Red Badger; Iagreetonothing; aprile_showers; voodoo economics worked; cpa4you; BigDaddyDK; ...
God Bless him for his service to our country. May he rest in peace.
Sending a West Virginia Freeper ping.
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posted on
02/28/2011 7:51:50 AM PST
by
seekthetruth
(My Dream Ticket For 2012: "Allen West / Scott Walker")
To: Cousin Eddie
I hope there are plans for a state funeral and/or flags at half mast nationwide in honor of that entire generation. I second that. Anything less would be disgraceful. God bless them all.
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posted on
02/28/2011 8:08:27 AM PST
by
Skeez
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