http://www.historynet.com/frank-buckles-110-last-of-the-doughboys.htm From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Thu, 23 May 2013 03:22:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.historynet.com/frank-buckles-110-last-of-the-doughboys.htm#comment-501399 Gerald Swick Tue, 22 Mar 2011 22:03:57 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13683386#comment-501399 Bonnie, if you're looking for video footage of the procession you'll find several videos on YouTube. Just search for Frank Buckles. Bonnie, if you're looking for video footage of the procession you'll find several videos on YouTube. Just search for Frank Buckles.

]]> http://www.historynet.com/frank-buckles-110-last-of-the-doughboys.htm#comment-501254 bonnie Tue, 22 Mar 2011 18:58:22 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13683386#comment-501254 I am looking for a site to download his burial procession in arlington va. could someone email me a link please it is for some of our veterans who want to put it on dvd thanks I am looking for a site to download his burial procession in arlington va. could someone email me a link please
it is for some of our veterans who want to put it on dvd
thanks

]]> http://www.historynet.com/frank-buckles-110-last-of-the-doughboys.htm#comment-499231 Nedrea Richards Mon, 21 Mar 2011 00:49:05 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13683386#comment-499231 I really enjoyed reading about Frank Buckles. I saw an interview with him when he was about 105, and was amazed that he lived to be 110 years old. An institution this man was, the last of millions that served in WW l and WW ll as my own father did, as an ambulance driver with the 99Th infantry division; they were called "Battle Babies", serving at the "Battle of the Bulge", and "Battle at Siegfried Line"., 1942-1945. My father will be 90 years old this summer, and was recently interviewed by a local TV station in his hometown of Lenoir, N.C. where he was born and raised. He is one of the oldest remaining WW ll combat veterans, and he has some similar stories as Frank Buckles. These men saw unimaginable horrors in the first and second world wars. Millions were lost due to lack of equipment, transportation and medical care. My father was an ambulance driver, and traveled on nearly impassable roads in freezing temperatures to bring the wounded from the battlefield to the medical stations; sometimes the men would get patched up, and go right back to battle. Some of the wounded were Nazis and were treated with the same humanity as U.S. soldiers, and alied forces while in the ambulance, and at the medical stations. The heroes of the First and Second World Wars are humble men of few words, that suffered freezing weather conditions with little or no heat, ate from cold cans with pocket knives, bathed with cold water from their helmets, and fought in horrific bloody battles among millions of soldiers, most who did not survive. Thank you for sharing this wonderful interview of the last veteran of WW l, Frank Buckles. I really enjoyed reading about Frank Buckles. I saw an interview with him when he was about 105, and was amazed that he lived to be 110 years old. An institution this man was, the last of millions that served in WW l and WW ll as my own father did, as an ambulance driver with the 99Th infantry division; they were called "Battle Babies", serving at the "Battle of the Bulge", and "Battle at Siegfried Line"., 1942-1945. My father will be 90 years old this summer, and was recently interviewed by a local TV station in his hometown of Lenoir, N.C. where he was born and raised. He is one of the oldest remaining WW ll combat veterans, and he has some similar stories as Frank Buckles. These men saw unimaginable horrors in the first and second world wars. Millions were lost due to lack of equipment, transportation and medical care. My father was an ambulance driver, and traveled on nearly impassable roads in freezing temperatures to bring the wounded from the battlefield to the medical stations; sometimes the men would get patched up, and go right back to battle. Some of the wounded were Nazis and were treated with the same humanity as U.S. soldiers, and alied forces while in the ambulance, and at the medical stations. The heroes of the First and Second World Wars are humble men of few words, that suffered freezing weather conditions with little or no heat, ate from cold cans with pocket knives, bathed with cold water from their helmets, and fought in horrific bloody battles among millions of soldiers, most who did not survive.
Thank you for sharing this wonderful interview of the last veteran of WW l, Frank Buckles.

]]> http://www.historynet.com/frank-buckles-110-last-of-the-doughboys.htm#comment-493839 Ceremony Memorializes Passing of WWI Generation » Armchair General Tue, 15 Mar 2011 14:35:47 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13683386#comment-493839 [...] here to read an interview with Frank Buckles on our partner site [...] [...] here to read an interview with Frank Buckles on our partner site [...]

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