Last US veteran of World War I passes away at age 110
By Vicki Smith | China Daily | Updated: 2011-03-01 07:46
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Frank Buckles, in this file photo dated May 26, 2008, receives a US flag during Memorial Day activities at the National World War I Museum in Kansas City, Missouri. Charlie Riedel / Associated Press |
MORGANTOWN, West Virginia - Frank Buckles, who lied about his age to get into uniform during World War I and lived to be the last surviving US veteran of that war, has died. He was 110.
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