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7:00 AM on 28th February 2011 The last ever surviving U.S. veteran of World War I has died  aged 110. Frank Buckles, who lied about his age to get into uniform during the war, also survived being a civilian POW in the Philippines in World War II. He died peacefully of natural causes on Sunday [...]

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January 31, 2010 8:06 p.m. EST The last surviving U.S. veteran of World War I, former Cpl. Frank Buckles, turns 109 on Monday and is still hoping for a national memorial in Washington for his comrades. But the old “Doughboy” — as World War I American infantry troops were called — has already been outspoken [...]

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