http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/02/27/wwi.veteran.death/
QuoteWashington (CNN) -- Frank Buckles, the last 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.
Buckles, who served as a U.S. Army ambulance driver in Europe during what became known as the "Great War," rose to the rank of corporal before the war ended. He came to prominence in recent years, in part because of the work of DeJonge, a Michigan portrait photographer who had undertaken a project to document the last surviving veterans of that war.
Quote from: Princess Suu the Apostate on February 28, 2011, 03:10:48 PM
http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/02/27/wwi.veteran.death/
QuoteWashington (CNN) -- Frank Buckles, the last 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.
Buckles, who served as a U.S. Army ambulance driver in Europe during what became known as the "Great War," rose to the rank of corporal before the war ended. He came to prominence in recent years, in part because of the work of DeJonge, a Michigan portrait photographer who had undertaken a project to document the last surviving veterans of that war.
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110. Damn.
What the hell do you do when you're 110?
This isn't just the death of a man who fought in a war way back, this is the loss of a dude who saw the world work in ways it jsut doesn't work anymore. Not better or worse, but different. We've lost perspective and experience, and doubtless some ideas on this strange mess we're all inhabiting now. There it goes, and we're all the worse for it for things we'll never know.
Quote from: Khara on March 01, 2011, 04:34:18 PM
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110. Damn.
What the hell do you do when you're 110?
Fuck 90 year old hotties and make mad bank.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 01, 2011, 05:58:28 PM
Quote from: Khara on March 01, 2011, 04:34:18 PM
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110. Damn.
What the hell do you do when you're 110?
Fuck 90 year old hotties and make mad bank.
I knew you would see the silver lining!!! :lulz:
Quote from: Khara on March 01, 2011, 06:36:34 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 01, 2011, 05:58:28 PM
Quote from: Khara on March 01, 2011, 04:34:18 PM
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110. Damn.
What the hell do you do when you're 110?
Fuck 90 year old hotties and make mad bank.
I knew you would see the silver lining!!! :lulz:
When I was young, I learned many things at the knee of the Terrible Old Man.
Now that I am basically middle aged, I find that I am still learning things from the old goat.
Can somebody tell me why we haven't run the GoP out of town on a rail yet?
QuoteWest Virginia's two Democratic senators blamed House Speaker John Boehner on Thursday after their hopes of having the remains of World War I veteran Frank Buckles honored in the Capitol Rotunda were dashed, at least for now.
Sens. Jay Rockefeller and Joe Manchin III both released statements saying the Ohio Republican had blocked the Capitol honor. Asked if that were true, Boehner spokesman Mike Steel said the speaker and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., would seek Defense Department permission for a ceremony for Buckles at Arlington National Cemetery.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/03/congress-blocks-ceremony-frank-buckles_n_831159.html
Quote from: Luna on March 04, 2011, 04:33:04 PM
Can somebody tell me why we haven't run the GoP out of town on a rail yet?
QuoteWest Virginia's two Democratic senators blamed House Speaker John Boehner on Thursday after their hopes of having the remains of World War I veteran Frank Buckles honored in the Capitol Rotunda were dashed, at least for now.
Sens. Jay Rockefeller and Joe Manchin III both released statements saying the Ohio Republican had blocked the Capitol honor. Asked if that were true, Boehner spokesman Mike Steel said the speaker and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., would seek Defense Department permission for a ceremony for Buckles at Arlington National Cemetery.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/03/congress-blocks-ceremony-frank-buckles_n_831159.html
Because the best thing to do with the remains of our last WWI Vet is to turn them into political footballs. ITS THE ONLY PATRIOTIC OPTION!!
Ah the horror mirth...