Sunday, May 25, 2008

The Last Doughboy...4,734,990 are gone

From the Washington Post

The Last Doughboy

By George F. Will

CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. -- Numbers come precisely from the agile mind and nimble tongue of Frank Buckles, who seems bemused to say that 4,734,991 Americans served in the military during America's involvement in the First World War and that 4,734,990 are gone. He is feeling fine, thank you for asking.

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