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02-28-2011, 12:52 PM | #1 | ||
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Feb 28,2011 [b]: Last US WW1 vet dies
Bullitt suggests this one and, although there haven't been enough IotDs recently, I figured we should make this the "B" image for Feb 28. The passage of time has already gone too long. The CNN story gives us the details. Frank Buckles died of natural causes. He was 110 years old, born on February 1, 1901. Buckles is the last WW1 tough guy, and how tough he must have been. Quote:
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Which makes Buckles' final rest even that much more remarkable. Here is a gentleman who was born only two generations after the US Civil War. We salute you Sir, Rest in Peace. |
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