Talk:Frank Buckles

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[edit] Awarded the Victoria Cross?

I don't think so somehow, the Victoria cross is only available to servicemen of the UK and commonwealth. Have deleted this line SRwiki 16:03, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] More information on Frank Buckles from NYTimes article.

Could someone more knowledgable about wiki and its rules include this information since there isn't too much currently on him up here? I don't know what the rules are on posting online articles in wiki so I'll just link here if anyone wants to pursue this since there isn't much info on here for this guy:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/12/opinion/12rubin.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

First couple paragraphs: "BY any conceivable measure, Frank Buckles has led an extraordinary life. Born on a farm in Missouri in February 1901, he saw his first automobile in his hometown in 1905, and his first airplane at the Illinois State Fair in 1907. At 15 he moved on his own to Oklahoma and went to work in a bank; in the 1940s, he spent more than three years as a Japanese prisoner of war. When he returned to the United States, he married, had a daughter and bought a farm near Charles Town, W. Va., where he lives to this day. He drove a tractor until he was 104. Skip to next paragraph

But even more significant than the remarkable details of Mr. Buckles’s life is what he represents: Of the two million soldiers the United States sent to France in World War I, he is the only one left. " Noxxeexxon 20:01, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] New Honors?

It seems just yesterday he was given new honors at The Liberty Memorial and National World War I Museum. Here's the article link -Alan 24.184.184.177 (talk) 06:39, 26 May 2008 (UTC)