<VV> WWI Vet Pt 2

[James P. Rice]

Garland:  Actually the last American to serve in WWI was Frank Buckles from
W. Virginia. He was born in Missouri, and conned his way into the Army at
age 16.  He served as an ambulance driver in the New York's 7 Regiment, C
Company, in France, but never saw the front lines. In 1941 he was employed
with an American shipping company and was stationed in the Philippines on
Dec 8th (their time) 1941.  He spent 3 years and 2 months as a POW of the
Japanese.  Nor a good time.  He lived to be 110 and died in W. Virginia on
Feb 27, 2011 and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

Just to put this in perspective, the 100th anniversary of the beginning of
WWI will be in 2.5 years.

Historically Yours,
			James Rice

-----Original Message-----
From: James P. Rice [mailto:ricebugg at mtco.com]
Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2011 7:02 PM
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: WWI Vet

Garland:  The last WWI vet departed this life as we know it a number of
years ago.

Historically Yours,
			James Rice


Message: 3
Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2011 20:16:54 -0400 (EDT)
From: Vairdad at aol.com
Subject: <VV> gordonsville virginia veterans day parade
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org

gordonsville veterans day parade will be held on sat. nov 12 at 2pm so  far
we have  a gulf war veteran, vietnam veteran, world war 2 veteran  driving
their corvairs in parade. if you are korea or world war 1 veteran please
come and drive your corvair in parade. if you are in driving distance
please
come and join us in honoring present and past veterans. if you can come
line up for parade is tastee freeze parking lot. tastee freeze is beside
traffic  circle. if you are a veteran and do not have a corvair come and
ride in
one of  ours.
garland
vietnam vetran
540 832 7602
cell 540 223 2643