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Cougar, I had the honor of meeting with all the remaining Code Talkers about 13 years ago at Arlington National Cemetery.
Gentleman in the wheelchair was the last WWI soldier alive.
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Sharron and I were at the HQ in Gallup the day they decided they were going to do that event.Quite a discussion as to HOW they were going to do it also. FUNDING is always a problem. Also the logistics of some of those who were disabled and just too frail to make the trip. I believe the gentalman in this picture is dead now. I will check to make sure. I think this is Henry Begay. but not sure. Will copy this photo and ask around. Someone will know for sure.Not many of them left alive out here.
Frank Buckles
Frank Buckles
Military person
Frank Woodruff Buckles was a United States Army soldier and the last surviving American veteran of World War I. wikipedia.org
Born: February 1, 1901, Bethany, Missouri, U.S.
Died: February 27, 2011, Charles Town, West Virginia, U.S.
Nationality: United States of America
Spouse: Audrey Mayo (m. -2011)
Shellback
Loc: North of Cheyenne Bottoms Wetlands - Kansas
A very impressive summary of the service performed...
And there are Millions of us out there still and more coming!
U.S. Air Force 1968-1977 - RC-135 S/D/V/M Crew Dog
Nick Popovich U.S.Navy 1952-1955 I think iam a vet and not on active duty, although the way things are going ,i may be on active duty , sixty years of back pay not bad ! With love Nick.
Avionics, HMM-261 and HMM-162
MCAS New River, NC.....when I wasn't on a LPH some where. Was on the USS Guam (LPH-9) a couple times.
bobc48 wrote:
Avionics, HMM-261 and HMM-162
MCAS New River, NC.....when I wasn't on a LPH some where. Was on the USS Guam (LPH-10) a couple times.
I wish I could find the negative, I had a shot of the Guam as a LPH, in the Caribbean if memory is right while we were UnReping her, B&W shot on an Argus C-3
I have a few pics of that old boat. We were on it the spring of '69 down there.
My bad. The Guam was LPH-9. The gears in my brain pan are getting a bit rusty
bobc48 wrote:
My bad. The Guam was LPH-9. The gears in my brain pan are getting a bit rusty
That's OK, I remember the Guam as a CVA,
Pvt. Robert Lagerquist: US Army Air Force 1944-45. Enlistee and On Line Trainee, playing in bands while waiting for openings in flight school (for pilot, navigator or bombardier) when the BOMBS were dropped, Japan surrendered and 30,000 of us were sent home, honorably discharged "at the convenience of the government". Only action I saw was on the "clipper" or the parade ground. Learned how to smoke and drink.
Plieku69
Loc: The Gopher State, south end
US Army and Iowa NG. 1968-1997. Armor crewman Germany and Vietnam, NBCNCO Desert Storm.
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