Tag: History

Frank Buckles, last surviving U.S. World War I veteran, dies

    Frank Buckles, who was one of Jefferson County’s most famous citizens and was the last surviving U.S. veteran of World War I, died Sunday, according to a spokeswoman for a Washington, D.C., funeral home where Buckles’ body was being held Sunday night. via Frank Buckles, last surviving U.S. World War I veteran, dies …

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February 28, 1991: The End of Operation Desert Storm and the 20 Years After

    Twenty years ago tomorrow marks the anniversary of one of the most stunning victories ever achieved by the Armed Forces of the United States (or any nation, as far as that goes). As George Herbert Walker Bush so beautifully and movingly observed at the time, they did so with great honor, and with …

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