09 March 2008

Last surviving U.S. World War I vet honored by president

World War I veteran Frank Buckles entered the Army at age 15.
"I didn't lie," he said with a laugh this week.


WASHINGTON (CNN) --Frank Woodruff Buckles was just 15 years old when he joined the U.S. Army. Soon, he was deployed to war and headed overseas on the Carpathia -- the same ship used in the rescue mission of the Titanic. full story

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