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i at 16 after lying about his age he died sunday on his farm in charles town nearly a month after his 110th birthday he had devoted the last years of his life to campaigning for greater recognition for his former comrades prodding politicians to support a national memorial in washington when asked in february 2008 how it felt to be the last survivor buckles said simply i realized that somebody had to be and it was me only two known veterans remain according to the order of the first world war a florida group whose members are descendants of wwi veterans and include buckles daughter the survivors are florence green in britain and claude choules in australia said robert carroon the group s senior vice commander choules who served in britain s royal navy was born in that country but now lives in australia green turned 110 on feb 19 and choules turns 110 in march he said born in missouri in 1901 and raised in oklahoma buckles visited a string of military recruiters after the united states in april 1917 entered what was called the war to end all wars he was repeatedly rejected before convincing an army captain he was 18 more than 4 7 million people joined the u s military from 1917 18 by 2007 only three survived buckles went to washington that year to serve as grand marshal of the national memorial day parade unlike buckles the other two survivors were still in basic training in the united states when the war ended and they did not make it overseas when they died in late 2007 and 2008 buckles became the last so called doughboy and a soft spoken celebrity details for services and arrangements will be announced later this week but the family is planning a burial in arlington national cemetery in 2008 friends persuaded the federal government to make an exception to its rules for who can be interred there president barack obama ordered that the day buckles is buried that all u s flags on official buildings be lowered to half staff buckles had already been eligible to have his cremated remains housed at the cemetery burial however normally requires meeting several criteria including earning one of five medals such as a purple heart buckles never saw combat but once joked didn t i make every effort u s rep shelley moore capito and the rest of west virginia s congressional delegation were also working monday on a plan to allow buckles to lie in repose in the rotunda of the u s capitol according to the architect of the capitol s website the last person to do so was president gerald ford the honor is reserved mostly for elected and military officials but others have included civil rights activist rosa parks and unknown soldiers from both world wars and the korean war sen jay rockefeller called buckles a wonderfully plainspoken man and an icon for the world war i generation and said he will continue fighting for the memorial buckles wanted he lived a long and rich life as a true american patriot said sen joe manchin and i hope that his family s loss is lightened with the knowledge that he was loved and will be missed by so many the family asked that donations be made to the national world war one legacy project the project is managed by the nonprofit survivor quest and will educate students about buckles and wwi through a documentary and traveling educational exhibition we have lost a living link to an important era in our nation s history said secretary of veterans affairs eric shinseki but we have also lost a man of quiet dignity who dedicated his final years to ensuring the sacrifices of his fellow doughboys are appropriately commemorated in spring 2007 buckles told the associated press of the trouble he went through to get into the military i went to the state fair up in wichita kansas and while there went to the recruiting station for the marine corps he said the nice marine sergeant said i was too young when i gave my age as 18 said i had to be 21 buckles returned a week later i went back to the recruiting sergeant and this time i was 21 he said with a grin i passed the inspection but he told me i just wasn t heavy enough then he tried the navy whose recruiter told buckles he was flat footed buckles wouldn t quit in oklahoma city an army captain demanded a birth certificate i told him birth certificates were not made in missouri when i was born that the record was in a family bible i said you don t want me to bring the family bible down do you buckles said with a laugh he said ok we ll take you buckles served in england and france working mainly as a driver and a warehouse clerk an eager student of culture and language he used his off duty hours to learn german visit cathedrals museums and tombs and bicycle in the french countryside after armistice day buckles helped return prisoners of war to germany he returned to the united states in january 1920 after the war he returned to oklahoma then moved to canada where he worked a series of jobs before heading for new york city there he landed jobs in banking and advertising but it was the shipping industry that suited him best and he worked around the world for the white star line steamship co and w r grace co in 1941 while on business in the philippines buckles was captured by the japanese he spent more than three years in prison camps i was never actually looking for adventure he once said it just came to me posted by hale mckay at 7 04 pm no comments thursday october 21 2010 3rd infantry division photographs 91st annual reunion 2010 washington dc page 1 3rd infantry division photographs 91st annual reunion 2010 washington dc page 1 posted by james y anderson jr at 12 03 pm 1 comment monday june 28 2010 how i began my military career sam s four things in life i said i was never going to do join the military get married be a preacher or work for the va guess what watch out what you tell the almighty about what you are not going to do i served five years in the army reserves 30 years active duty as a chaplain 42 years of marriage and 10 years as a chaplain at the va eisenhower medical center and i can t forget the almost nine years as the senior pastor of the rock of ages evangelical free church leavenworth kansas how did this all come about a sweet young gal named linda came swimming by my lifeguard raft in northern minnesota four years later we were married what a gal my dad a wwii combat engineer and my uncle bill meadows a former marine kept telling their war stories barry sadler kept singing about the green berets on the radio i heard the call i signed up for the us marines ocs and was supposed to report for duty in october 1965 they lost my paper work does that sound familiar meanwhile i went to ft snelling minnesota and signed up as a lab tech combat medic i didn t tell them about being sworn into the marines i called the marines and told them i changed my mind i should have heard from them about the lost paperwork they said they would get back to me i m still waiting for that call i was wild medic to say the least the major threatened to send me and my wise guy buddies to active duty driving ambulances in viet nam that got our attention the unit chaplain and my youth pastor heard that i was interested in youth ministry they recognized that the military was the largest youth group in the world acting wild in a serious business could cost folks their lives they told me that the army needed fired up chaplains to bring faith in someone bigger than themselves meanwhile linda felt the call to be a missionary i was out numbered and out gunned i became a 2 nd lt chaplain candidate in 1967 and went on active duty as a chaplain at ft leonard wood mo after that i was assigned to the lane army heliport of the 7 17 th cav an son viet nam and the rest is history i have served as chaplain for thousands of great soldiers their family members and more than a few great general officers they are indeed a huge youth group many gave their lives for the cause of freedom along the way i had the complete support of a number one military wife thank you linda i m still serving as a chaplain for the va the bone yard of wounded warriors and am a member of the old bastards another group of old warriors i make an effort to bring faith hope and love to the broken down troopers at the va and the ob s never say never walk by faith not by sight if moses could handle his most difficult assignment at age 80 caleb at 85 and those stepping out in faith in hebrews chapter 11 i never say never serving as a pastor and chaplain for 40 years i never say never serving 35 years in the army and 10 years with the va i never say never being blessed with a wonderful marriage for 42 years with five children i never say never it is no secret what god can do when you step out in faith by the way still waiting for a call from the marines apparently the paper work hasn t surfaced yet i wouldn t trade it all for anything may our heavenly commander continue to bless and keep us all posted by jack k at 9 16 am no comments labels beginnings tuesday april 13 2010 the battle of soui tre lz gold joe b the battle of soui tre took place march 18 and 19 1967 at the time i was the commanding officer co of the 118 th attack helicopter company ahc the company was a part of the 145 th combat aviation battalion for this operation out battalion was augmented with the 335 th ahc on march 18 and the 68 th ahc on march 18 th saturday march 18 1967 on the above date the 145 th combat aviation battalion had the mission to insert an infantry unit into a landing zone lz in war zone c the operation was staged from a pickup zone pz located on the edge of ap trai dan the infantry unit s mission with a direct support artillery unit was to establish a fire base om the location of the lz the original plan called for an armored cavalry unit to go out and secure the lz once secured the 145 th cbt avn bn was to airlift the infantry unit from the pz to the lz i believe it was to require six or seven lifts en route to secure the lz the armored cav unit was ambushed and stopped their efforts during the day were unsuccessful and they failed to complete their mission there were two assault helicopter companies participating in this battalion operation the 118 th ahc under my command and the 335 th ahc a company on loan to the 145 th from the 173 rd airborne brigade the 335 th was assigned as the direct support aviation company around mid afternoon a standard combat assault operation was considered but rejected after waiting all day the 145 th mission was cancelled and the ahc s were released to return to their respective home bases the mission would be continued on march 19 th sunday palm sunday march 19 1967 on this date the 145 th cbt avn bn had the mission to return and complete the mission from the previous day this time it would be a combat assault insertion of the infantry unit the operation was again staged from the pz on the edge of aptrai dan the 118 th ahc was a participating unit the 68 th ahc replaced the 335 th ahc on sunday our final briefings on the operation were conducted at the pz the 68 th ahc was designated the lead company for the operation the final briefing provided several facts war zone c had a limited number of lz s that could handle a battalion sized combat assault no preparatory fires were planned and our formation would have ten aircraft in each company there would be a two minute separation between the two companies the operation began around 0900 the 68 th made its approach into the lz disembarked their troops took off and reported the lz cold it was a surprise and some relief to hear that transmission the 118 th made its approach to the lz the troops disembarked and i was just starting my takeoff when there was a horrendous explosion behind me radios became alive and reported that three aircraft near the middle of our formation had been damaged and were burning the 118 th aircraft managed to fly out of the lz one aircraft from the 118th reported control problems and had to quickly land just a short distance away from the lz a bandit gun team put protective cap on them until help could arrive five aircraft got back to the lz still in flyable condition a sixth aircraft got back to the pz a little bit late despite moderate damage it could not be used when the mission continued at this point the 118 th had only five operational aircraft the operation was temporarily stopped to assess the situation in a span of a few minutes the operation was resumed the troops on the ground from the first lift would secure an area in the lz to accommodate flights of five aircraft in the second lift the two flights of five ahead of me in the 68 th went in and out with no problems as directed i came to a hover and the troops jumped out before i could start my takeoff there was a strong explosion in front of my helicopter everything went black and the xo and i were both struck by debris the explosion blew out the chin bubbles part of the windshield and bent the front doors we had to exit the aircraft through the cargo doors the major explosion to the 118 th s formation in the first lift was a rigged unexploded 250 pound bomb it was an assault that could have had fewer difficulties for our unit but it was successful posted by ltc ret john a jack kochenour at 6 00 pm 6 comments labels viet nam monday april 12 2010 a baker s dirty dozen unlike those others who contribute to this site i never saw action during my 1968 72 tour of duty in the u s navy the closest i ever came to being in harm s way was during ports of call in turkey and other middle eastern countries because of the prevailing anti american sentiments in that part of the world at the time we were ordered to travel about in groups of six or more when we went ashore our instructions were to take whatever action necessary to protect ourselves and our shipmates while off ship although we had to ignore profanities and had to dodge projectiles hurled at us a few times there were no incidents today i came across an interesting obituary in our local newspaper john agnew april 8 2010 at the age of 88 john jack agnew one of the original members of a u s army unit that operated behind enemy lines in world war ii and is often credited with having inspired the movie the dirty dozen has died at the age of 88 the filthy thirteen was the name given to a sub unit of the regimental headquarters of the 506th parachute infantry regiment division of the united states army which fought in the european campaign in world war ii this unit was selected and trained to demolish enemy targets behind the lines they were assigned to destroy a bridge over the douve river during the normandy invasion of europe in june 1944 a mission that cost the lives of most of these men the group was airdropped for the mission by aircraft of the 440th troop carrier group of the u s army air force this unit was best known for the famous photo above which appeared in stars and stripes showing two members wearing indian style mohawks and ...