Honors in mix for Buckles

03/08/11 CHARLES TOWN - While details for funeral services in Washington, D.C., remain tied up in national politics, the local community now will be able to honor the last American World War I veteran at his church in Charles Town.

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Flags half-staff for last American WWI vet from Missouri

03/15/11 U.S. and Missouri flags at all state buildings are at half-staff today in honor of Frank W. Buckles, a Missouri native who was the last surviving American World War I veteran.

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Moving meeting in Normandy

07/05/11 It was on the beaches of Normandy, France, amid the shadows of refurbished monuments commemorating American World War II efforts there, that a Republican congressman from West Virginia and a Democratic leader from eastern Ohio recently met for the...

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