Frank Buckles
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Frank Woodruff Buckles (born February 1, 1901) is one of the last surviving American veterans of World War I. He is believed to be the last living WWI United States Army veteran to finish basic training and be stationed overseas. Buckles was born in Missouri. He enlisted at the beginning of the United States' involvement in World War I in April 1917. During his time in service, Frank was stationed in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany and France. Buckles was sent to France in 1917 at age 16. He saw action against Germany during the war. In 1919, after the war had ended, Frank Buckles was stationed in Germany, and he was discharged from service in 1920 having achieved the rank of corporal. In World War II in the 1940s, Buckles was a civilian working for an American shipping line. However, he was captured by the Japanese, and spent three years in a Japanese prison camp during most of the war. Frank currently lives in Charles Town, West Virginia. He was awarded the Légion d'honneur by President Chirac.
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