February 01, 2011

Frank Buckles turns 110 today

By The American Legion
Library & Museum
Frank Buckles turns 110 today
Photo by David J. DeJonge

Last living World War I veteran served in the ambulance corps during World War I in France and Germany, evacuatingd wounded soldiers from the battlefield.

Frank Buckles, the last living U.S veteran of World War I, turns 110 today. Buckles, who is reportedly in good health, lives with his daughter, Susannah Buckles Flanagan, at Gap View in West Virginia.

Click here(Opens in a new window) to read a story about Buckles' big day.

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