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    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

    PRESENT ARMS

    RIP Sir, and thank you........................ FEAR NAUGHT.
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    Should raw analytical data ever be passed to policy makers?

  • #2
    RIP Salute .

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    • #3
      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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      • #4
        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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        • #5
          Its hard to imagine the changes a man of that age hsas seen over the course of his life!!!
          "Admit nothing, deny everything, make counter-accusations".- Motto of the Gun Crew who have just done something incredibly stupid!!!!

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          • #6
            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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            • #7
              A good man. RIP.


              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
              To be Truly ignorant, Man requires an Education - Plato

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              • #8
                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
                Last edited by T_igger_cs_30; 02 Mar 11,, 05:46.
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                Should raw analytical data ever be passed to policy makers?

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                • #9
                  Present Arms...RIP goodguy.

                  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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                  • #10
                    Rest in Peace.
                    What a life...
                    sigpicAnd on the sixth day, God created the Field Artillery...

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