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WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) - Ninety years after surviving World War I and 60 years after enduring a Japanese prisoner of war camp, Frank Woodruff Buckles on Thursday emerged unscathed from a Senate hearing. Find Us On Facebook
The only living American-born veteran of World War I, now 108, was on Capitol Hill to lend his support for legislation, named in his honor, to dedicate a World War I memorial on the National Mall. "An excellent idea," Buckles told a panel of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Before the hearing, Buckles, wearing a ribbon commemorating his service, was greeted...
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