Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Wednesday Hero

This Weeks Post Was Suggested By Michael


Cpl. Frank Woodruff Buckles
Cpl. Frank Woodruff Buckles
110 years old from Charles Town, West Virginia
1st Fort Riley Casual Detachment
February 1, 1901 – February 27, 2011
U.S. Army

On February 27, Frank Woodruff Buckles, America's last surviving WWI veteran, passed away at the age of 110. During The Great War he served as an ambulance driver. In 1920 he was discharged from the Army. In 1942, while working for the White Star and W.R. Grace shipping companies, he was captured by the Japanese and spent three years in the Los BaƱos prison camp. He became malnourished and dropped down to to below 100 pounds.

You can read the rest of Cpl. Buckles story here and here.


These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.

We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Some amazing stories there. I just read this whole story. Three years in a prison camp.

I couldn't pretend to imagine what he went through.

Your right, we must be grateful for those who lived and died for our future.