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Lord help me to learn to spell without spellcheck, manage to visit all that visit me, and post regularly - all in 5 minutes a day, so that I can clean house and take care of my family. Help me to not look at every occurrence in my life as a blog post, and to quit taking pictures of weird things to share as well. Please Lord, help me to stop talking about my blog friends as though they are next door neighbors or someone I have known all of my life. And help me dear Lord, to think of something witty and wise to post tomorrow.

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Wednesday Hero

This Weeks Post Was Suggested By Michael


Cpl. Frank Woodruff Buckles
Cpl. Frank Woodruff Buckles
110 years old from Charles Town, West Virginia
1st Fort Riley Casual Detachment
February 1, 1901 – February 27, 2011
U.S. Army

On February 27, Frank Woodruff Buckles, America's last surviving WWI veteran, passed away at the age of 110.  During The Great War he served as an ambulance driver.  In 1920 he was discharged from the Army.  In 1942, while working for the White Star and W.R. Grace shipping companies, he was captured by the Japanese and spent three years in the Los Baños prison camp.  He became malnourished and dropped down to to below 100 pounds.

You can read the rest of Cpl. Buckles story here and here.


These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday.  For that, I am proud to call them Hero.
We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived

This post is part of the Wednesday Hero Blogroll.  For more information about Wednesday Hero, or if you would like to post it on your site, you can go here.

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6 comments:

  1. Wanda's WingsWednesday, March 16, 2011 at 11:04:00 AM EDT

    What an amazing story he had. May he rest in peace in Jesus' arms.

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  2. Mike GolchWednesday, March 16, 2011 at 12:21:00 PM EDT

    Wanda's Wings,yes he did have amazing story,May he indeed rest in Peace,he earned it.

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  3. SandeeWednesday, March 16, 2011 at 1:32:00 PM EDT

    What a great post for this week. I was thinking this would probably make the list today. Excellent.

    Have a terrific day Mike. Big hug. :)

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  4. Mike GolchWednesday, March 16, 2011 at 1:54:00 PM EDT

    Sandee, Christopher did 2 postings on his site about him and when I asked he gracesly did this one as well.

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  5. MariWednesday, March 16, 2011 at 8:17:00 PM EDT

    What a hero! Thanks for posting this.

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  6. Mike GolchWednesday, March 16, 2011 at 8:25:00 PM EDT

    Mari,you betcha.

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