{"id":2181,"date":"2012-02-27T10:00:53","date_gmt":"2012-02-27T10:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/americainuniform\/?p=2181"},"modified":"2012-02-24T05:53:13","modified_gmt":"2012-02-24T05:53:13","slug":"corporal-frank-buckles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/americainuniform\/2012\/02\/corporal-frank-buckles.html","title":{"rendered":"Corporal Frank Buckles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/293\/2012\/02\/Frank-Buckles.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2234\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/293\/2012\/02\/Frank-Buckles.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"89\" height=\"64\" \/><\/a>Military Heroes &#8211; U. S. Army<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Frank Buckles<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Mr. Buckles, 106 years old at the time of his interview, and one of three known surviving Americans left who served his country during WWI, tells his piece of history. He recalls proudly how when he went to France as an ambulance driver, &#8220;we were inexperienced, but we were welcome.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For this moving video&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.americans-at-war.com\/videodetail.php?id=28\">click here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Provided courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.americans-at-war.com\/\"><strong>Americans at War<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Military Heroes &#8211; U. S. Army Frank Buckles Mr. Buckles, 106 years old at the time of his interview, and one of three known surviving Americans left who served his country during WWI, tells his piece of history. 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