May he Rest in Peace. I think it is always important to acknowledge the service and sacrifice of the "old timers". And he actually served in both World Wars!!!
http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/02/27/wwi...html?hpt=Sbin#
"Washington (CNN) -- Frank Buckles, the last U.S. World War I veteran, has died, a spokesman for his family said Sunday. He was 110.
Buckles "died peacefully in his home of natural causes" early Sunday morning, the family said in a statement sent to CNN late Sunday by spokesman David DeJonge."
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"Buckles, after World War I ended, took up a career as a ship's officer on merchant vessels. He was captured by the Japanese in the Philippines during World War II and held prisoner of war for more than three years before he was freed by U.S. troops."




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