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Frank Buckles, Last WWI Vet, RIP

In a May 26, 2008 file photo, Frank Buckles receives an American flag during Memorial Day activities at the National World War I Museum in Kansas City, Mo. Biographer and family spokesman David DeJonge said in a statement that Frank Woodruff, 110, died early Sunday of natural causes in his home in Charles Town, W. Va. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Question: Do you have a World War II veteran in your family who's still surviving?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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