At least, I hope he will. Frank Buckles, born on February 1, 1901.
He seems to have slowed down considerably in the past couple of months. Here’s a Happy Birthday to you in advance, sir.
Wow. Someday it will be WWII vets, then Korea, then Vietnam… crazy.
If you had him in the Death Pool, would you then owe points when he died?
Of course, the ultimate record-holder was the last living participant in the Crimean War, who died in 2004
I take it he never got shelled?
My uncle is a WWII vet. 90 years old! It seems like only yesterday that I remember them all being middle aged.
And my Dad (also a vet) just turned 89. Now I am the middle aged one!
At least we’ll have something to compare each year Siam Sam “Yeah dad’s still alive and still fighting the war”