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"Why should I read something someone made up when real events are so interesting?"
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Frank BucklesLongevity has never bothered me at all, I have studied longevity for y — Frank Buckles
"Longevity has never bothered me at all, I have studied longevity for years."
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Frank Woodruff Buckles was a corporal in the United States Army and the last surviving American military veteran of World War I. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1917 aged 16 and served with a detachment from Fort Riley, driving ambulances and motorcycles near the front lines in Europe.
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"I gave the general a snappy salute."
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"I was gung-ho, no question about that."
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"One day, I came in and she was on the telephone. She was quite pale. She told me that I wouldnt believe what was going on. She was being watched. She said she would not be able to invite me for tea again. She was a nice Jewish lady."
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"I think General Pershing was the most military figure I’ve ever seen."
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"An old sergeant said, if you want to get to France in a hurry, then join the ambulance service, the French are big for ambulance service."
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