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As a mark of respect for
the memory of Army Corporal Frank W. Buckles, the last surviving American veteran of World War I, and in remembrance of the
generation of American veterans of World War I, President Obama has ordered that the United States flag be displayed at half-staff
until sunset on the day of interment, March 15. The full text of the proclamation can be found @ http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/02/28/presidential-proclamation-death-army-corporal-frank-w-buckles-last-survi.
Arlington
Burial Planned for Last 'Doughboy'
By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, March 11, 2011
- America will pay its respects to its last World War I veteran March 15, as former Army Cpl. Frank Buckles is buried at Arlington
National Cemetery.
Buckles -- the last of the more than 5 million Americans who served during World
War I and were known as "doughboys" -- died Feb. 22 at his home in West Virginia. He was 110.
He will lie
in honor at Arlington's Memorial Amphitheater Chapel from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 15 for the public to pay its last respects.
The interment will be at 4 p.m., and the corporal will be buried near the site where General of the Armies John "Black
Jack" Pershing, the commander of the American Expeditionary Force, is buried.
The Pentagon Channel will carry the
service.
Buckles was born in Missouri in 1901. He enlisted in the Army in 1917, shortly after the
United States declared war on Germany and its allies. He served as an ambulance driver on the Western Front.
In 1941,
Buckles was in the Philippines, working in Manila, when Japan invaded the island nation. The Japanese captured him and confined
him at the Los Banos prison with 2,200 other American civilians. U.S. forces liberated the camp in 1945.
President Barack Obama has ordered that U.S. flags be flown at half staff in Buckles' honor March 15.
The following photos were taken at the "Winter
Confrence" in Englewood, Ohio at Post 707.
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Who has given us the freedom of the press. It's the Soldier, not
the poet,
Who has given us the freedom of speech. It's the Soldier, not
the politicians
That ensures our right to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.. It's
the Soldier who salutes the flag,
Who serves beneath the flag,
And whose coffin is draped by the flag.
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Please pass this on and pray for our men and women
Who
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THESE COLORS DON'T RUN
AMEN!
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