<VV> WWI Vet Pt 2

[Rick Norris]

James,
Thanks for that mention of Frank Buckles. He was well known here and it is 
still a fact that more people per capita served from West Virginia in the 
armed forces than any other state dating from the Civil War on.

Rick Norris
Another West Virginia Veteran
Vietnam 66-67


> 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
>
>
>
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