INTERESTING: The Last Doughboy

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/23/AR2008052302433.html

The Last Doughboy
World War I veteran Frank Buckles, 107, in March.
By George F. Will
Sunday, May 25, 2008; Page B07

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CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. — Numbers come precisely from the agile mind and nimble tongue of Frank Buckles, who seems bemused to say that 4,734,991 Americans served in the military during America’s involvement in the First World War and that 4,734,990 are gone. He is feeling fine, thank you for asking.

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Amazing at 107!

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