The Last WWI Veteran
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Week of June 23, 2008
U.S. Senators Richard Burr (R-North Carolina) and Robert Byrd (D-West Virginia) introduced a resolution honoring Frank Woodruff Buckles, the last surviving American veteran of World War I. The measure authorizes Mr. Buckles to lie in honor in the Capitol Rotunda upon his death. By order of the President, he will then be interred at Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors. For more information on Mr. Buckles, visit the Library of Congress' Veterans History Project, the White House website, and the Department of Defense's The Great War website.
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