Surely not Pines related, but certainly a newsworthy event.
http://www.msnbc.msn...life/?gt1=43001
God Bless the USA.
http://www.msnbc.msn...life/?gt1=43001
God Bless the USA.
Last American WWI Vet Passes
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link didn't work.
would this be Ralph Buckles i think his name is from charles town wv?he would i believe be 110.i was wondering how long he'd make it.I think that l;eaves three left if I'm not mistaken.I'll have to check the wikipedia link on surviving world war 1 veterans and the one on oldest people too.I have them saved somewhere.
Al
would this be Ralph Buckles i think his name is from charles town wv?he would i believe be 110.i was wondering how long he'd make it.I think that l;eaves three left if I'm not mistaken.I'll have to check the wikipedia link on surviving world war 1 veterans and the one on oldest people too.I have them saved somewhere.
Al
Here a good link. Thank you for your time Frank.God Bless
http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/28/the-book-on-frank-buckles-americas-last-doughboy/
http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/28/the-book-on-frank-buckles-americas-last-doughboy/
Sorry, here's a working link from the article that I saw.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41821018/ns/us_news-life
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41821018/ns/us_news-life
I thought it was actually pretty funny and cool that 1) he lied about his age and 2) that no one really ever caught him doing it.
Can you imagine, at 15-years of age, wanting to do this as badly as he did. Good for him, good for us and certainly good for America.
Can you imagine, at 15-years of age, wanting to do this as badly as he did. Good for him, good for us and certainly good for America.
It was a very common thing to do back then. I'm curious to know if he was part of the Bataan Death March. What an amazing life.