last doughboy gone

[Danzig]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41819473/ns/us_news/


110 years old, led what sounds to be a fascinating life. only 2 other ww1 survivors remain.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — He didn't seek the spotlight, but when Frank Buckles outlived every other American who'd served in World War I, he became what his biographer called "the humble patriot" and final torchbearer for the memory of that fading conflict.

Buckles enlisted in World War I at 16 after lying about his age. He died Sunday on his farm in Charles Town, nearly a month after his 110th birthday. He had devoted the last years of his life to campaigning for greater recognition for his former comrades, prodding politicians to support a national memorial in Washington and working with friend and family spokesman David DeJonge on a biography.

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by Danzig

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41819473/ns/us_news/


110 years old, led what sounds to be a fascinating life. only 2 other ww1 survivors remain.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — He didn't seek the spotlight, but when Frank Buckles outlived every other American who'd served in World War I, he became what his biographer called "the humble patriot" and final torchbearer for the memory of that fading conflict.

Buckles enlisted in World War I at 16 after lying about his age. He died Sunday on his farm in Charles Town, nearly a month after his 110th birthday. He had devoted the last years of his life to campaigning for greater recognition for his former comrades, prodding politicians to support a national memorial in Washington and working with friend and family spokesman David DeJonge on a biography.

God Bless Him AND the 2 left.
I've said it before here but I will NEVER forget being lucky enough to be where all except maybe 5% of all living Medal of Honor recipients were at a ceremony a few years back. I don't cry often but I did that day. One of those times in life you feel lucky enough to be with greatness proved not imagined or hoped for. Not because of any inherited talent but for their heart and love and dedication to all things America!