Frank Buckles
Frank Woodruff Buckles was a United States Army corporal and the last surviving American military veteran of World War I. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1917 aged 16 and served with a detachment from Fort Riley, driving ambulances and motorcycles near the front lines in Europe.
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- 🏆 Victory Medal🏆 Knight of the Legion of Honour
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"If your country needs you, you should be right there, that is the way I felt when I was young, and that's the way I feel today."
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