Foo - Happy Birthday Frank Buckles - Last Living WWI Veteran

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gitarzan
02-01-11, 01:28 PM
Sir, I know you will not be seeing this post, but I salute you the same. Thank you.

http://www.cbs59.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=93586 :thumb:

spock
02-01-11, 02:17 PM
At first I thought he was a member.


Is he not logging in here any more? Too old for a computer? Wow people who ride live longer....
HardyWeinberg
02-01-11, 03:07 PM
My old neighbor. 5 yrs younger than my great-grandfather who emigrated here only to get drafted and shipped back 'over there'

brockd15
02-01-11, 03:37 PM
Amazing. Thanks for mentioning it.
rousseau
02-01-11, 06:09 PM
Last one? No, that can't be right.

<trots off to Wikipedia>

Yeah, I knew it. There are actually three documented veterans of the First World War still alive, not just one:
List of surviving veterans of World War I (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_surviving_veterans_of_World_War_I).

Though that number probably won't stay the same very long.
spry
02-01-11, 07:32 PM
Last one? No, that can't be right.

<trots off to Wikipedia>

Yeah, I knew it. There are actually three documented veterans of the First World War still alive, not just one:
List of surviving veterans of World War I (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_surviving_veterans_of_World_War_I).

Though that number probably won't stay the same very long.

I didn't think a refined dandy like you would miss the title:"Nations last doughboy"
Our nation does not include the Limeys or Cannuckers also.
rousseau
02-01-11, 07:43 PM
I didn't think a refined dandy like you would miss the title:"Nations last doughboy"

Either my seeing isn't so good anymore, or I'll be darned if I can see what you're referring to in the title. Looks like "Happy Birthday Frank Buckles - Last Living WWI Veteran" to me, which, not meaning to be pedantic or anything, I knew off the top of my head to not be true. There are actually three left.

For now, anyway!
gitarzan
02-01-11, 09:57 PM
My mistake...

Happy Birthday Frank Buckles - Last Living US WWI Veteran
spry
02-02-11, 10:55 AM
Refering to the news headline,not the thread title from the other nut down the street from me.

People do seem to have a long life span in West-By-God.
HardyWeinberg
02-02-11, 02:20 PM
People do seem to have a long life span in West-By-God.

Among states, WV had the 3rd oldest mean age (http://www.statemaster.com/graph/peo_med_age-people-median-age) and the 5th shortest lifespan (http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/sep2006/db20060913_099763.htm)