Talk:Frank Buckles/Archive 1

Awarded the Victoria Cross?

I don't think so somehow, the Victoria cross is only available to servicemen of the UK and commonwealth. Have deleted this line SRwiki 16:03, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

More information on Frank Buckles from NYTimes article.

Could someone more knowledgable about wiki and its rules include this information since there isn't too much currently on him up here? I don't know what the rules are on posting online articles in wiki so I'll just link here if anyone wants to pursue this since there isn't much info on here for this guy:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/12/opinion/12rubin.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

First couple paragraphs: "BY any conceivable measure, Frank Buckles has led an extraordinary life. Born on a farm in Missouri in February 1901, he saw his first automobile in his hometown in 1905, and his first airplane at the Illinois State Fair in 1907. At 15 he moved on his own to Oklahoma and went to work in a bank; in the 1940s, he spent more than three years as a Japanese prisoner of war. When he returned to the United States, he married, had a daughter and bought a farm near Charles Town, W. Va., where he lives to this day. He drove a tractor until he was 104. Skip to next paragraph

But even more significant than the remarkable details of Mr. Buckles’s life is what he represents: Of the two million soldiers the United States sent to France in World War I, he is the only one left. " Noxxeexxon 20:01, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

New Honors?

It seems just yesterday he was given new honors at The Liberty Memorial and National World War I Museum. Here's the article link -Alan 24.184.184.177 (talk) 06:39, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Fark.com

This was mentioned on fark.com (pseudo news) on 28 July 2008. Here is the link, if someone wants to put together a news info box on the talk page. Ottava Rima (talk) 15:23, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Further reading or bibliography addition (1)

For consideration in the context of this article. --User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 12:51, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

Rubin, Richard; Kausmauski, Karen (October 2008), "The Last Doughboy", Smithsonian, vol. 39, no. 7, pp. 72–74, ISSN 0037-7333, retrieved 2008-10-26, (subtitle) He lied about his age to serve in World War I. Today, at 107, he says he feels an "obligation" as America's only living link to the Great Conflict{{citation}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)

Frank?

Does anyone know if Mr. Buckles' given name is officially "Francis"?Mk5384 (talk) 23:11, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

Or even Franklin? --Nick Ornstein (talk) 13:58, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

That actually seems to be more likely.Mk5384 (talk) 01:52, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

Why would that seem more likely? There are people whose names really are "Frank." --WMFEssaywriter (talk) 06:08, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

"Wood Buckles - his given name, recorded in the family Bible before birth certificates were required in his home state - was born Feb. 1, 1901 … A sergeant insisted that he needed a middle initial, Mr. Buckles recalled. So he adopted an uncle's name, Frank Woodruff Buckles, and never stopped using it." (second and third page, )

Gap View Farm

Does anyone have information as to the exact location of Gap View Farm? It is listed as "near", both Charles Town, and Shenendoah Junction.Mk5384 (talk) 01:55, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

Denial

Am removing the line, "This quote is denied by Frank Buckles' daughter." This is irrelevant; the man is still alive and active (as evidenced by the sourced edit on 19 May) and should know what he is talking about better than someone who was not even born at the time in question (assuming she even denies it at all, the section is still unsourced). 209.188.64.16 (talk) 14:32, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Possible Freemasonry Error

KCCH is a Knight Templar rank/degree which, AFAIK, is part of the York Rite of Freemasonry, not the Scottish Rite. I don't believe KCCH is required, because the 33rd degree isn't a "taught" degree, it's a high honor granted to a very few men who have been of great service both to Freemasonry and to their community and country, mostly wealthy humanitarians, like doctors and Carnegie types. They almost always have the KCCH because they are so involved in the Craft.--WMFEssaywriter (talk) 05:57, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Inconsistency

This article says that in February 2008 he became the last surviving American World War I veteran ---- and that in March 2008 there were nine surviving World War I veterans. I guess the other 8 must have been foreigners? Perhaps this article should say so to avoid confusion.Anythingyouwant (talk) 08:56, 27 December 2010 (UTC)

I went ahead and fixed it to conform with the source.Anythingyouwant (talk) 09:10, 27 December 2010 (UTC)