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Title: RIP Frank Buckles
Post by: Dirty Sanchez on February 28, 2011, 08:58:26 AM
The last WWI vet has passed.
Title: Re: RIP Frank Buckles
Post by: steve dave on February 28, 2011, 09:01:20 AM
How many krauts did this guy kill?
Title: Re: RIP Frank Buckles
Post by: The1BigWillie on February 28, 2011, 09:13:56 AM
I thought he played for Louisville.  Bad weekend for the Buckles family?
Title: Re: RIP Frank Buckles
Post by: steve dave on February 28, 2011, 09:15:12 AM
I thought he played for Louisville.  Bad weekend for the Buckles family?

I don't think this one is bad news.  By my calculations this guy would have been about 190 years old so he had to have been praying for death.
Title: Re: RIP Frank Buckles
Post by: OK_Cat on February 28, 2011, 10:11:48 AM
all 12 people worldwide that give a crap are having a bad day today.
Title: Re: RIP Frank Buckles
Post by: Saulbadguy on February 28, 2011, 10:55:31 AM
How many krauts did this guy kill?
Hopefully thousands
Title: Re: RIP Frank Buckles
Post by: jtksu on February 28, 2011, 11:10:28 AM
I would absolutely crush a braut with some kraut on it right now.
Title: Re: RIP Frank Buckles
Post by: Dirty Sanchez on February 28, 2011, 11:15:51 AM
How many krauts did this guy kill?
Hopefully thousands

iirc he was on a ship on the way to Europe when the armistice was signed.  That technically made him a vet.
Title: Re: RIP Frank Buckles
Post by: Saulbadguy on February 28, 2011, 11:22:16 AM
How many krauts did this guy kill?
Hopefully thousands

iirc he was on a ship on the way to Europe when the armistice was signed.  That technically made him a vet.
He also fought in WW2, but in the Japanese theater.
Title: Re: RIP Frank Buckles
Post by: the KHAN! on February 28, 2011, 04:55:24 PM
How many krauts did this guy kill?
Hopefully thousands

iirc he was on a ship on the way to Europe when the armistice was signed.  That technically made him a vet.

He was an ambulance driver behind the lines. He never saw combat but he saw a LOT of bodies.
Title: Re: RIP Frank Buckles
Post by: ednksu on March 01, 2011, 05:52:53 AM
only 2 left supposedly. An Austrian and a British chick.
Title: Re: RIP Frank Buckles
Post by: Ghost of Stan Parrish on March 01, 2011, 04:07:39 PM
I'd like to get a cat now, just to name him Frank Buckles.  Would be very cute.

(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.techmall.com%2Fv%2Fvspfiles%2Fassets%2Fimages%2Fcat.jpg&hash=91fd451cd79db9a06c280c753d38030aaf61b4bf)
Title: Re: RIP Frank Buckles
Post by: sys on March 01, 2011, 04:12:38 PM
(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.techmall.com%2Fv%2Fvspfiles%2Fassets%2Fimages%2Fcat.jpg&hash=91fd451cd79db9a06c280c753d38030aaf61b4bf)

good choice on the cat.  not too flashy, but not boring.
Title: Re: RIP Frank Buckles
Post by: Dirty Sanchez on March 01, 2011, 07:20:04 PM
only 2 left supposedly. An Austrian and a British chick.

The Central Powers still have a chance!
Title: Re: RIP Frank Buckles
Post by: Deez Nutz on March 05, 2011, 01:56:55 AM
only 2 left supposedly. An Austrian and a British chick.

The Central Powers still have a chance!

 :lol:

Seriously, though, if you have not visited Liberty Memorial near downtown KC, I would highly recommend it.  That is the National World War 1 Museum, and I can't tell you what a great experience it was to visit there.  Amazing that of all places in the country it could be, they chose to put it in Kansas City.  In addition to the museum which is in 3 separate buildings, they have a 250 foot tower you can ride up to the top of which overlooks the city (kind of like a mini Washington Monument).  I have been there twice and loved it both times.  Well worth the price of admission.

http://www.theworldwar.org/s/110/new/index_community.aspx
Title: Re: RIP Frank Buckles
Post by: yoga-like_abana on March 05, 2011, 08:12:46 AM
take it to the birther pit, wgaf
Title: Re: RIP Frank Buckles
Post by: Deez Nutz on March 05, 2011, 08:51:49 AM
take it to the birther pit, wgaf

Sorry I wasn't aware that WW1 was an active political debate right now.   :rolleyes:
Title: Re: RIP Frank Buckles
Post by: yoga-like_abana on March 05, 2011, 09:09:56 AM
take it to the birther pit, wgaf

Sorry I wasn't aware that WW1 was an active political debate right now.   :rolleyes:
thats where threads that suck go to die. you should probably start posting more over there.
Title: Re: RIP Frank Buckles
Post by: Dirty Sanchez on March 06, 2011, 07:35:24 AM
take it to the birther pit, wgaf

Sorry I wasn't aware that WW1 was an active political debate right now.   :rolleyes:
thats where threads that suck go to die. you should probably start posting more over there.

=mods= move credit card and any thread with "michigancat" in its title.
Title: Re: RIP Frank Buckles
Post by: Dirty Sanchez on May 05, 2011, 05:57:04 PM
Claude Choules, the last combat veteran of WWI, has died in Britain.  He was 110.
Title: Re: RIP Frank Buckles
Post by: SkinnyBenny on May 05, 2011, 06:44:19 PM
Claude Choules, the last combat veteran of WWI, has died in Britain.  He was 110.

take it to the birther pit, wgaf
Title: Re: RIP Frank Buckles
Post by: Dirty Sanchez on May 06, 2011, 11:45:48 PM
Claude Choules, the last combat veteran of WWI, has died in Britain.  He was 110.

take it to the birther pit, wgaf

Not so fresh feeling?
Title: Re: RIP Frank Buckles
Post by: the KHAN! on May 07, 2011, 02:00:01 PM
Claude Choules, the last combat veteran of WWI, has died in Britain.  He was 110.

take it to the birther pit, wgaf

Someone already beat you to it, douche.
Title: Re: RIP Frank Buckles
Post by: Dugout DickStone on May 07, 2011, 02:17:31 PM
Claude Choules, the last combat veteran of WWI, has died in Britain.  He was 110.

Wonder how many krauts he killed?