Last US WW1 Veteran Dies

We've mentioned Mr. Buckles several times on this blog. News agencies are reporting that he has died at age 110. He was the last US WW1 veteran.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/02/28/veteran-wwi-dies-w-va-age-110/?test=faces#

Combat Pictures

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February 1945 for the 97th

This month in 1945 the 97th 365th FA battalion packed up and left Camp Cook and headed out to Camp Kilmer. This was their last stop before shipping out overseas.

Last American World War I Doughboy turns 110

We've mentioned Frank Woodruff Buckles on our blog before. Today he turned 110. He is the last surviving World War I vet that saw combat in Europe.

Buckles enlisted in the military when he was 16 after lying about his age to an Army recruiter. He served in England and France, working as an ambulance driver before being assigned to a prisoner-of-war escort company returning prisoners to Germany.

He was too old to serve in the military in World War II, but In 1941, he was working in Manila for the American President Line, a shipping company. When the Japanese invaded the Philippines, Buckles was captured and spent 3 1/2 years in a prisoner-of-war camp before he was rescued by American forces when they retook the Island nation.

Attached is a link to his website: http://pershingslastpatriot.com/