[furquhart]

With all due respect - does it really count if you enlist less than a month before the war ends? I mean, he couldn’t have even been in-processed in that time, could he have been?

[Luke Skyfreeper]

He did not see action.

Frank Woodruff Buckles, age 106, is the last living WWI U.S. veteran to finish basic training and be stationed overseas prior to the end of the war.

There's only one left who actually was stationed overseas in WWI.

One.

[pnh102]

does it really count if you enlist less than a month before the war ends?

Did he know it was going to end at that point?

[Frank_Discussion]

Yes, I believe it counts. He enlisted with an expectation of fighting for his country. Good enough for me.

[kabar]

It counts. He was a member of the US military during WWI no matter where he served or how long he served. With all due respect, what’s your problem?

[JZelle]

Well at least he served more honorably than Kerry.