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FENIAN discovered 16 months ago- 'One of the last' : WWI vet recalls Great War Frank Buckles, 106,is one of only four American WWI veterans still alive. AND.. In 1941, he was working in the Philippines when the Japanese invaded. He was captured and spent three years in a prisoner-of-war camp.
- niftypete rated 16 months ago
- From the page: "Most of our headaches in the Middle East today are a hangover from the great military binge of 1914-18," Ferguson says. He says the current war in Iraq can be traced to 1917, when British troops entered Baghdad proclaiming that they, like the United States in 2003, came as liberators, not conquerors. "They found themselves facing an insurgency," Ferguson says. "History is repeating itself."
- educazione rated 16 months ago
- From the page: "Nearly 90 years after America entered World War I on April 6, 1917, just four known U.S. veterans remain. Charlotte Winters, 109, of Boonsboro, Md., the last female veteran of the war, died Tuesday. That leaves Frank Buckles, 106, of Charles Town, W.Va.; Lloyd Brown, 105, of Charlotte Hall, Md.; Russell Coffey, 108, of North Baltimore, Ohio; and Harry Landis, 107, of Sun City Center, Fla.; Other last survivors of wars:
- Last Spanish-American War veteran:Nathan Cook died at 106 on Sept. 10, 1992, nearly 94 years after the war ended.
- Last Civil War Union veteran:Albert Woolson died at 109 on Aug. 2, 1956, or 91 years after the war ended.
- Last Civil War Confederate veteran:John Salling died at 112 on March 16, 1958, nearly 93 years after the war ended.
- Last Revolutionary War veteran:Daniel Bakeman died at 109 on April 5, 1869, nearly 86 years after the war ended.
Source: Department of Veterans Affairs"
Ed: Visit Le Memorial de Caen someday and see how the failed diplomacy of the post-WW I years set the stage for Hitler, Mussolini and the Cold War. This article expands on that to give a thumbnail sketch of how the ignorance of the victors of "the Great War" created the mess in the Middle East we are still trying desperately to fix. - From the page: "Nearly 90 years after America entered World War I on April 6, 1917, just four known U.S. veterans remain. Charlotte Winters, 109, of Boonsboro, Md., the last female veteran of the war, died Tuesday. That leaves Frank Buckles, 106, of Charles Town, W.Va.; Lloyd Brown, 105, of Charlotte Hall, Md.; Russell Coffey, 108, of North Baltimore, Ohio; and Harry Landis, 107, of Sun City Center, Fla.; Other last survivors of wars:
- JD001 rated 16 months ago
- Great article, an interesting man.
- aivzdog rated 16 months ago
- One of the last WWI vet recalls Great War! He is 106 years old and one of the last veterans alive from World War I.
