Our last living WWI Veteran
By Kenneth Buster
I was invited to DC to be with the Blackfeet Warriors as they lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and presented the colors at the ceremony on Memorial Day. I took them to meet my Great-Uncle Frank Buckles(Last living WWI Vet).
Picture of America's last living WWI Veteran,109 year old Frank Woodriff Buckles from West Virgina. Frank is also an Ex-POW of the Japanese during WWII. Also in picture are The Blackfeet Warriors from Montana,(top row,left to right),Craig Falcon USMC,Keith Heavyrunner ARMY, Bruce Runningcrane USMC,Earl Heavyrunner retired ARMY (Desert Storm, Bosnia,Iraq),Walter Runningcrane ARMY(Vietnam, Silver Star, PurpleHeart), Bill Old Chief USMC, and George Rutherford USMC.(Bottom row, left to right),Ken Buckles of Remembering America''s Heroes from Oregon, retired 3 Star General Russell Davis ARMY and National President of Tuskegee Airmen from Virgina, Frank Woodriff Buckles ARMY(WWI and Ex-POW WWII), Apache Warrior, Robert Delsi USMC(Vietnam,Purple Heart) from Arizona,and Souix Warrior and National Commander of American Indian Veterans, Don Laudner ARMY(Korea) from South Dakota.