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Last living US WWI vet dies in West Virginia
WTHI TV 10 ^ | 2/28/2011 | WTHI TV 10

Posted on 02/28/2011 4:57:31 PM PST by Military family member

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - What was it like?

What was it like in the trenches? What was it like in all those places whose names have faded in the dusty recesses of memory, places like Ypres and Gallipoli, Verdun and the Marne? What was it like to fight the war that was supposed to make the world safe for democracy?

There's no one left to ask.

(Excerpt) Read more at wthitv.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: West Virginia
KEYWORDS: godsgravesglyphs; thegreatwar; veteran; westvirginia
Rather sad. Rest in peace.
1 posted on 02/28/2011 4:57:35 PM PST by Military family member
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To: Military family member

THANK-YOU Mr. Frank Buckles for your service to the USA. RIP.

With his passing, history’s door on WW 1 is now closed.


2 posted on 02/28/2011 5:00:24 PM PST by Biggirl ("The Best Of Times, The Worse Of Times", Charles Dickens)
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With his passing, history’s door on WW 1 is now closed.

We are still living with the aftermath of that war almost 100 years later.

3 posted on 02/28/2011 5:02:39 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: Military family member
Thank you Sir!
TAPS for you, Sir!

4 posted on 02/28/2011 5:02:45 PM PST by RedMDer (Stimulus... hasn't stimulated ANYTHING but The TEA PARTY!!! - Sarah Palin)
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To: dfwgator

That is true, as reflected not only in regards to current events, for example, look at all the ME uprisings, an effort to erase “borders” and to try to bring back even what we thought could never be seen, a possible Muslim empire.

But while there are aftereffects, the people who were there, who could best explain, are now gone.


5 posted on 02/28/2011 5:08:55 PM PST by Biggirl ("The Best Of Times, The Worse Of Times", Charles Dickens)
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WWI veterans were the greatest influences on me as a boy. The stories of war brought back by my grandfather and my great uncles...stories which forever made it impossible for me to see any “glory” in war, are as clear to me today as they were 50+years ago. They were, and are, all my heroes. I have pictures of them where I am sitting right now and also an autographed picture of another hero of mine from that war, Graf Felix von Luckner, commander of the Imperial German commerce raider Seeadler, who managed to sink thousands of tons of Allied shipping at the loss of only one life. Quite a man.

My wife told me of the passing of Mr. Buckles first thing this morning. It made for a sad day....


6 posted on 02/28/2011 5:09:44 PM PST by Kolokotronis (Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated)
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At 110 I think the man earned his rest. Go home brave man and thank you for your service.


7 posted on 02/28/2011 5:19:51 PM PST by Sunshine Sister
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8 posted on 02/28/2011 5:26:02 PM PST by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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9 posted on 02/28/2011 5:26:21 PM PST by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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I am so fortunate to have known intimately as a child and young man several men in my family that had served so valiantly and horrifically in the
“War to End All War”,
“The War to make the World Safe For Democracy”
“The War Against the Hun”

They had no illusions as to the greatness of the cause for which they sacrified lungs, knees, eyes.

And they told me so.
God Blesses those honest men


10 posted on 02/28/2011 5:36:37 PM PST by nkycincinnatikid
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To: SunkenCiv

I guess this counts as graves now.


11 posted on 02/28/2011 5:37:00 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Hawk)
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To: Kolokotronis

From the other side.

I have a wonderful letter from my great uncle Willy (Wilhelm Frederich); as aposed to another great uncle (Frederich Wilhelm); to my greatgrandmother.

He was in training at Ft Knox, and was hoping to get a leave to return to Covington on the train before he went to save france.
He recounted to her that he was being trained by a french officer who had so many medals, he “looked like he had come out of a foundry”.
I don’t know if he managed to get home on leave.
But I do know that he managed to save france.


12 posted on 02/28/2011 6:24:38 PM PST by nkycincinnatikid
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I hear Frank Buckles didn’t see any action during WW I. However, he was interned by the Japanese during WW II, and had some bitter memories of that.


13 posted on 02/28/2011 6:55:55 PM PST by MuttTheHoople (Democrats- Forgetting 9/11 since 9/12/01)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

It does. This is a modern history topic, which is important on a political site like FR.


14 posted on 02/28/2011 7:26:25 PM PST by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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To: Kolokotronis

Plus these veterans were part of an era in which, the REAL 20th century began, and the REAL 19th century ended, that of the era of WWI. Also that was when old empires ended and nations as we know of today, emerged as well.


15 posted on 03/01/2011 4:46:17 AM PST by Biggirl ("The Best Of Times, The Worse Of Times", Charles Dickens)
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