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Hope it makes the national news tonight.

I bought a Detroit paper today figuring that there would be an article on his passing. Last year there was an article on him turning 109 and we included in my daughter's baby book. Now she is approaching one and I wanted to include this article, however it was not in there. Oscars, oil prices, casino news, etc, but not the passing of the last US doughboy and third to the last WWI vet in the world. Very sad. I hope that tomorrow's paper can find a real news story to cover and not the useless crap that was on today's front page.

 

Now I'll step off the soapbox and wish Mr. Buckles a very sincere and heartfelt thank you and may you now rest in peace. I hope that we can continue your legacy and get "the boys" a monument in D.C.

 

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- Ron

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I bought a Detroit paper today figuring that there would be an article on his passing. Last year there was an article on him turning 109 and we included in my daughter's baby book. Now she is approaching one and I wanted to include this article, however it was not in there. Oscars, oil prices, casino news, etc, but not the passing of the last US doughboy and third to the last WWI vet in the world. Very sad. I hope that tomorrow's paper can find a real news story to cover and not the useless crap that was on today's front page.

 

Now I'll step off the soapbox and wish Mr. Buckles a very sincere and heartfelt thank you and may you now rest in peace. I hope that we can continue your legacy and get "the boys" a monument in D.C.

 

:salute:

 

- Ron

they might have got the story too late to print

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they might have got the story too late to print

 

 

Agreed, like I mentioned hopefully there is an article tomorrow. They did manage to get all the oscar news covered....

 

- Ron

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Javelin4life

As a WW1 buff and that era being my main interest in learning and collecting, its a very bittersweet feeling knowing that the last physical link to the american perspective of WW1 has passed on..110 years is a long and fulfilling life..Just remember everyone, old soldiers never die..they just fade away

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A generation of men gone! Being the last surviving soldier of WW I must have been lonely feeling. Hard to imagine that my father's generation of WW II will all be gone a few more years up the road. God Bless them all!

 

Mike

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normaninvasion

I hope with Mr. Buckles passing there will be a revived appreciation for the cost and heroics his generation faced in WW1. Mr. Buckles left a testament for remembering the sacrafice of all nations involved. A sad day for sure. :salute:

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I have long wondered when this day would come. Often foreboding the inevitable, and now it has finally come to pass. Just like all the wars before him, the last among the ranks of millions have finally closed. Farewell, old friend. We will see you soon!

 

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He was in a different war and at a different time than me, but there's still a saddened feeling from knowing that we've lost one more brother to the ages. Here's to you, brother! Cheers, Bookie

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DEATH OF ARMY CORPORAL FRANK W. BUCKLES, THE LAST SURVIVING AMERICAN VETERAN OF WORLD WAR I

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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, A PROCLAMATION

 

As a mark of respect for the memory of Army Corporal Frank W. Buckles, the last surviving Frank Buckles at 16 American veteran of World War I, and in remembrance of the generation of American veterans of World War I, I hereby order, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, that, on the day of his interment, the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff at the White House and upon all public buildings and grounds, at all military posts and naval stations, and on all naval vessels of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia and throughout the United States and its Territories and possessions until sunset on such day.

 

I further direct that the flag shall be flown at half-staff for the same period at all United States embassies, legations, consular offices, and other facilities abroad, including all military facilities and naval vessels and stations.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-eighth day of February, in the year of our Lord two thousand eleven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-fifth.

 

 

/s/ BARACK OBAMA

 

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RIP Cpl. Buckles,

 

You are gone but will never be forgotten. you were the last of the Doughboy generation! Thank you for your service.

 

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This one hits me hard.

 

I am very thankful to have known and interviewed the WW1 vets that I did.

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It made me remember one of my favorite articles, titled "It's Time to Remember the Doughboys!".

 

If you can, take a few moments and read it. It was published by the US Army Military History Institute in 1992. This link is a PDF file....click on the plus sign to enlarge the page.

 

http://www.history.army.mil/armyhistory/AH22newOCR.pdf

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"And now every April I sit on my porch

And I watch the parade pass before me.

And I watch my old comrades, how proudly they march.

Reliving old dreams of past glory.

And the old men march slowly, all bent, stiff and sore

The forgotten heroes from a forgotten war.

And the young people ask, "What are they marching for?"

And I ask myself the same question.

And the band plays Waltzing Matilda.

And the old men answer to the call.

But year after year their numbers get fewer.

Some day no one will march there at all."

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Today's generation duty is to remember these men who made theirs and saw Hell. But seeing people from my generation here in france makes me realize it will be a difficult task, sadly...

Rest in peace.

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I salute you, Cpl. Buckles. I lost my grandfather nearly 45 years ago, he was one of your brothers in arms. There is so much I wish I had the chance to talk to him about. Who knows, you may have passed him on the road one day...you in your ambulance and he on his motorcycle. I hope you have the chance to meet, maybe he will be in a long line of your brothers, arms raised in salute as you pass.

Your generation taught my father's, by your example, a lesson about service and duty and the true cost of freedom...and they in turn taught mine.

Rest In Peace

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memphismeister
"And now every April I sit on my porch

And I watch the parade pass before me.

And I watch my old comrades, how proudly they march.

Reliving old dreams of past glory.

And the old men march slowly, all bent, stiff and sore

The forgotten heroes from a forgotten war.

And the young people ask, "What are they marching for?"

And I ask myself the same question.

And the band plays Waltzing Matilda.

And the old men answer to the call.

But year after year their numbers get fewer.

Some day no one will march there at all."

well said

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