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| Frank Buckles, Last WWI vet, Dies |
| 2011-02-28 |
| Frank Buckles, the last living 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. Buckles marked his 110th birthday on February 1, but his family had earlier told CNN he had slowed considerably since last fall, according his daughter Susannah Buckles Flanagan, who lives at the family home near Charles Town, West Virginia. RIP |
| Posted by:Nimble Spemble |
| #3 They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them. L. Binyon |
| Posted by: Victor Emmanuel Wheger1262 2011-02-28 13:25 |
| #2 Rip to the last of a breed. Hero. |
| Posted by: Hellfish 2011-02-28 12:20 |
| #1 In Flanders Fields the poppies blow Between the crosses row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields. -- In Flanders Fields, by LTC John McCrae, MD (1872-1918) Canadian Army |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2011-02-28 10:08 |