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Boehner Blocks Capitol Ceremony for Last WWI Vet

Arlington the proper place for Frank Buckles' honors, says rep

(Newser) - A campaign to allow the body of Frank Buckles, the last US veteran of World War, I to lie with honor in the Capitol Rotunda—a rare privilege usually reserved for presidents and high-ranking politicians, but sometimes extended to extraordinary citizens—has reportedly been derailed by House Majority Leader John...

Frank Buckles, Last Surviving US World War I Veteran, Dead at 110
 Last US WWI Vet Dead at 110 
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Last US WWI Vet Dead at 110

Frank Buckles was final survivor of 5 million Americans who served

(Newser) - The last doughboy has died. Frank Buckles, the last surviving American veteran of World War I, died peacefully of natural causes at his farm in West Virginia at age 110, the Washington Post reports. Buckles, who was born in Missouri in 1901, lied about his age to get into the...

Oldest WWI Veteran, 107, Looks Back
Oldest WWI Veteran, 107, Looks Back

Oldest WWI Veteran, 107, Looks Back

KC ceremonies honor last living doughboy, enlistee at 16

(Newser) - Memorial Day observances in Kansas City this weekend had a very special guest: the last surviving American veteran of the Great War. Frank Buckles, 107, who hoodwinked a recruiter to enlist in 1917, was honored today at the World War I Museum, Fox 4 News reports. "I was gung-ho,...

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