At 108 years of age, Frank Woodruff Buckles is the last known surviving World War I veteran. He enlisted in the Army in 1917 at the age of 16 just as the United States was entering the war. He served in the U.K. and France in the Army’s 1st Fort Riley Casualty Detachment. He left the Army after the war. During World War II he worked as a civilian in the Philippines and was captured by the Japanese and spent three years as a POW.
This is our very last link to the war that gave us Armistice Day. What a treasure! Thank you for your service, Mr. Buckles.
A couple of years ago, USA Today did a nice piece on Frank Buckles.
