Rest in Peace, Mr. Buckles. I Salute You Sir.
Over there, over there!
Send the word, send the word, over there!
That the Yanks are coming, the Yanks are coming,
The drums rum-tumming ev’rywhere!
So prepare, say a prayer, send the word, send the word to beware!
We’ll be over, we’re coming over,
And we won’t come back ‘til it’s over Over There!
RIP Mr. Buckles. SALUTE.
I was just thinking about this gentlemen the other day. And so now WWI passes into the same realm of history as the Spanish American War and the Civil War before it... secondhand sources only. The end of an era.
I well remember the Memorial Day parades that featured
remaining WW 1 vets.
I must be getting really old now.
Strange. The exact same story, pictures and all, with no variation whatever in wording appears on CNN.com -
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/27/last-living-u-s-wwi-veteran-dies/?iref=allsearch
One would almost think that they authored it!
That is amazing.
I would encourage people to support Honor Flight programs if they have one in their region, aiming to take WWII vets to see their memorial in Washington before it is too late. The flight is free to the vet.
As you know, they are already frail, and vets die while on the waiting list...
The last of the greatest generation of men on EARTH!!
It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth
RIP
My grandfather who fought in the “Great War” as it was called, died in 1965 at the age of 84.
Quite an accomplishment to be the final representative for the hundreds of thousands, who were called to serve.
Corporal Buckles, mission accomplished, In honor of your selfless service, Troop, Pass in Review.
my maternal pappy...Boyd Sullivan of Smith county MS...WWI and PERSHING VILLA expedition. .....died 1980
No wonder he lived to 110. Look in his eyes. You can tell that that’s one tough, stubborn dude.
RIP, sir. And sincere condolences to the family.
R.I.P.
If you were around in 1917-18, it must have pretty difficult to imagine the 21st century, let alone living to see it. That’s pretty unbelievable. Assuming this guy was born in 1900 or 1901, he lived through essentially the entire 20th century, not to mention 10 years of the 21st.
But I still think the story of the last British WWI vet was more incredible. He was born in 1897, so his life spanned three centuries (19th, 20th, and 21st).
I always hoped to meet Mr. Buckles.
How ‘Ya Gonna Keep ‘Em Down on the Farm
(After They’ve Seen Paree)
Reuben, Reuben, I’ve been thinking
Said his wifey dear
Now that all is peaceful and calm
The boys will soon be back on the farm
Mister Reuben started winking and slowly rubbed his chin
He pulled his chair up close to mother
And he asked her with a grin
Chorus (sung twice after each verse):
How ya gonna keep ‘em down on the farm
After they’ve seen Paree’
How ya gonna keep ‘em away from Broadway
Jazzin around and paintin’ the town
How ya gonna keep ‘em away from harm, that’s a mystery
They’ll never want to see a rake or plow
And who the deuce can parleyvous a cow?
How ya gonna keep ‘em down on the farm
After they’ve seen Paree’
Rueben, Rueben, you’re mistaken
Said his wifey dear
Once a farmer, always a jay
And farmers always stick to the hay
Mother Reuben, I’m not fakin
Tho you may think it strange
But wine and women play the mischief
With a boy who’s loose with change
Chorus (sung twice after each verse):
How ya gonna keep ‘em down on the farm
After they’ve seen Paree’
How ya gonna keep ‘em away from Broadway
Jazzin around and paintin’ the town
How ya gonna keep ‘em away from harm, that’s a mystery
Imagine Reuben when he meets his Pa
He’ll kiss his cheek and holler “OO-LA-LA!
How ya gonna keep ‘em down on the farm
After they’ve seen Paree’?
If the United States is heading towards perdition, then involvement in World War I was definitely the cause of it...