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Feb 28^th, 2011 at 7:25am

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RIP... Sad

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Reply #1 - Feb 28^th, 2011 at 11:13am

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I can't believe the sheer effort he took to get into uniform underage, what a character. Rest In Peace.

There are two types of aeroplane, Spitfires and everything else that wishes it was a Spitfire!

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Reply #2 - Feb 28^th, 2011 at 12:44pm

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Sorry for putting it in the wrong forum. This one had me a bit perplexed and I resorted to scientific deduction. You know, the old eeny meeny miny mo. I guess I eenied when I should have meenied..... Wink

« Last Edit: Feb 28^th, 2011 at 3:13pm by Romulus111VADT »

"I have a place where dreams are born, And time is never planned. It’s not on any chart, You must find it with your heart."

Albert Einstein - "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe."

Martin Luther King Jr. - “Nothing in the world is more dangerous than a sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - “There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.”

Mark Twain - “Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.”

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Reply #3 - Feb 28^th, 2011 at 2:21pm

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RIP.

Of those who saw action in the Great War, there remains just 109 year old Claude Choules left now, a RN veteran (who joined as a 14 year old boy sailor) now residing in Australia. Sadly, according to reports before Christmas, he is now in very poor health.

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Reply #4 - Feb 28^th, 2011 at 2:57pm

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I get the impression from some of the quotes that he was quite a character with a very dry sense of humour. They sure don't make 'em like that anymore Sad

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Reply #5 - Feb 28^th, 2011 at 5:53pm

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ozzy72 wrote on Feb 28^th, 2011 at 2:57pm:

I get the impression from some of the quotes that he was quite a character with a very dry sense of humour. They sure don't make 'em like that anymore Sad

That is what I miss from my Uncle, those fascinating stories of WWII and especially all the mischief that wen't on and on and on.

It's almost the end of serving WWI veterans then, Then it's up to us all to keep the stories alive as best as we can

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Reply #6 - Feb 28^th, 2011 at 10:10pm

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Makes me wish I'd pried more war stories out of my grandfather, who marched all over France with the US Army in 1918, when he wasn't much older than Mr. Buckles, came home in one piece, and died when I was 18. He didn't say much about the war, especially the unpleasant things.
But the little I know I will gladly tell anyone who'll listen... Grin

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Reply #7 - Mar 1^st, 2011 at 12:58pm

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I always knew I'd be one of the last because I was one of the youngest when I joined ... But I never thought I'd be the last one.
– Frank Buckles

I can't imagine how he must of felt being the last one out of the 4,734,991 Americans that served in World War I. It's interesting how the figure ends in one; that one ended up being Frank Buckles.

"I have a place where dreams are born, And time is never planned. It’s not on any chart, You must find it with your heart."

Albert Einstein - "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe."

Martin Luther King Jr. - “Nothing in the world is more dangerous than a sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - “There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.”

Mark Twain - “Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.”

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Reply #8 - Mar 1^st, 2011 at 5:37pm

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Romulus111VADT wrote on Mar 1^st, 2011 at 12:58pm:

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I always knew I'd be one of the last because I was one of the youngest when I joined ... But I never thought I'd be the last one.
– Frank Buckles

I can't imagine how he must of felt being the last one out of the 4,734,991 Americans that served in World War I.

Considering how many never came home, I'll bet it felt pretty good, sometimes. Grin

I know my Grampa was pretty happy about being one of the older WWI vets.

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Reply #9 - Mar 1^st, 2011 at 9:40pm

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He's one of the few that got to see the end of the war.

WW1 officially ends this Sunday!

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Jim

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