Frank Buckles

"Longevity has never bothered me at all, I have studied longevity for years."

"One day, I came in and she was on the telephone. She was quite pale. She told me that I wouldn't believe what was going on. She was being watched. She said she would not be able to invite me for tea a…"

"I was gung-ho, no question about that."

"I don't know anyone my age."

"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."

"I think General Pershing was the most military figure I’ve ever seen."

"I had many different assignments and I was doing things that I thought were important... no, I didn't either: I didn't think they were important. But I found out afterwards when I read up on my histor…"

"Last surviving U.S. World War I"