Last known WWI veteran honored for Memorial Day (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Sun, 05/25/2008 - 7:04pm

Frank Buckles poses for a photo as he tours the National World War I Museum in Kansas City, Mo.<br /><br />Sunday, May 25, 2008. Buckles, at 107, is the last known living American-born veteran of World War I. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)AP - Frank Woodruff Buckles, the last known living American-born veteran of World War I, was honored Sunday at the Liberty Memorial during Memorial Day weekend celebrations.




 

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