Monday, May 25, 2009

The Last Soldier

ABC News

You have to sit through an ad to see him, the last living veteran of WWI.

3 comments:

Elizabeth Foxwell said...

Actually, Bill, Frank Buckles is considered the last surviving *American* veteran of WWI, although John Babcock is an American who served in the Canadian Army. The British, I believe, have 2 surviving WWI veterans.

mybillcrider said...

Right. I should've said that. The ABC clip makes the distinction, I think.

Anonymous said...

Fascinating. I remember when I was young that the media made a very big deal of counting down the last few Civil War vets. It had occurred to me recently that nowadays there would be few, if any, WWI veterans left, but this is the first time I've seen any attention paid from the news media.

Art Scott