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This Ocotober 7, 2008 file photograph shows Frank Buckles, then 107, after recieving the French Legion d'Honneur during an award ceremony at the French Embassy in Washington, DC.
Monday, Feb. 28, 2011

Open quoteI knew there'd be only one [survivor] someday. I didn't think it would be me.Close quote

  • FRANK BUCKLES,
  • the last surviving U.S. veteran of World War I, who died on Sunday at age 110
Photo: KAREN BLEIER / AFP / Getty Images | Source: Reuters