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    Frank Buckles, America's last WWI veteran, dies aged 110

    America's last surviving veteran of World War I, Frank Buckles, has died aged 110.

    BBC News - Frank Buckles, America's last WWI veteran, dies aged 110

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    He's up there now chewing the fat with his buddies and he's got a lot to tell'em...RIP Here closes the last page of WW1 Hero's
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    RIP, wow! what a life of twos.... Born in one century and millennium, died in another century and millennium, two world wars in two different theaters....
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    Its hard to imagine the changes a man of that age hsas seen over the course of his life!!!
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    Fought in WW1, Japanese prisoner in WW2. Hardly seems fair, but obviously he was one tough guy. Well done to him.
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    Only two known veterans remain, according to the Order of the First World War, a Florida group whose members are descendants of WWI veterans and include Buckles' daughter. The survivors are Florence Green in Britain and Claude Choules in Australia, said Robert Carroon, the group's senior vice commander. Choules, who served in Britain's Royal Navy, was born in that country but now lives in Australia.
    Buckles, last WWI doughboy, dies at 110 in W.Va. - Yahoo! News
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    Amazing isnt it Jad

    Florence Green - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Claude Choules - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    And to think Claude Choules saw this;

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scuttli..._in_Scapa_Flow
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    Present Arms...RIP goodguy.

    Quote Originally Posted by Bigfella View Post
    Fought in WW1, Japanese prisoner in WW2. Hardly seems fair, but obviously he was one tough guy. Well done to him.
    Well, he was born in Missouri.....and growing up in Dewey, Oklahoma in the early 1900s was as tough as anything you can bet. This guy didn't know what the "easy way" was.
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