Last living U.S. WWI vet turns 110

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  • Опубликовано: 22 дек 2024

Комментарии • 6 тыс.

  • @joshuacrommie6249
    @joshuacrommie6249 3 года назад +6313

    The guy grew up with horses and carts and talking to his grandfather that fought in the civil war and he lived to see the Iphone.

    • @vladimir-savage72
      @vladimir-savage72 3 года назад +592

      He was even around when the first cars were manufactured and driven in the u.s

    • @wisemonke194
      @wisemonke194 3 года назад +151

      Holy shit I just noticed

    • @brubru9663
      @brubru9663 3 года назад +72

      Bruh the car is early 20th century invention

    • @bigmanjorge
      @bigmanjorge 3 года назад +174

      @@brubru9663 Late 19th century. Benz Patent Motor Wagon was made in 1886

    • @awesomemysticcheeseonroblo5117
      @awesomemysticcheeseonroblo5117 3 года назад +65

      @@bigmanjorge actually the 1800s were the 19th century not the 18th century

  • @ProtoMario
    @ProtoMario 7 лет назад +13461

    What a great man, his duty...110 years old and still talking about his duty.

  • @leprechaunsteve8930
    @leprechaunsteve8930 3 года назад +16749

    “I wonder if he’s still alive”
    *Posted 10 years ago*
    “Oh...”

    • @jiji7250
      @jiji7250 3 года назад +2136

      'What i thought there were still ww2 veterans alive'
      *Sees title carefully*
      'Oh shit'

    • @Akirashiro407
      @Akirashiro407 3 года назад +311

      Lol i was wondering the same thing

    • @hypn0298
      @hypn0298 3 года назад +1287

      He died less than a month after the video was uploaded

    • @JohnGisMe
      @JohnGisMe 3 года назад +379

      The oldest living person today is 117 3 years younger than him

    • @cees04
      @cees04 3 года назад +155

      @@JohnGisMe 118 years (Kane Tanaka from Japan)

  • @jonasswitzer9266
    @jonasswitzer9266 3 года назад +855

    Not only was he the last living U.S. WWI veteran, but also the 2nd-to last living WWI vet overall. After his death on Sunday, February 27th, 2011, Florence Green of the UK became the last living WWI vet overall. Florence unfortunately passed away on Saturday, February 4th, 2012, marking the fact that there are no longer any living WWI vets.

    • @jorgizoran4340
      @jorgizoran4340 3 года назад +44

      @RatseyThe_Rat Not really as time goes on people and veterans will pass on. It's just a natural part of life. It's good there hasn't been any sort of global conflict like the world wars since.

    • @jonasswitzer9266
      @jonasswitzer9266 3 года назад +15

      @@jorgizoran4340 I am a lineal descendant of people who fought in both WWI & WWII.

    • @HH__09
      @HH__09 3 года назад +7

      @@jorgizoran4340 exactly, people don’t live forever

    • @jamesmartin6750
      @jamesmartin6750 3 года назад +7

      @@jonasswitzer9266 Same, my great-grandfather from the Bronx, New York, enlisted to fight in the First World War and all three of my great-uncles from Pittsburgh were drafted to fight in the Second World War.

    • @deathsquad8891
      @deathsquad8891 3 года назад +12

      Memory eternal to them both as well as all who died in that bloody war

  • @dannysheehan9753
    @dannysheehan9753 3 года назад +4665

    When you can say you’ve seen 1/3 of American history
    That’s insane

    • @vegetableman3911
      @vegetableman3911 3 года назад +281

      That dude’s seen more than 1/3 of American History. He was born in 1901 or 1900 I’m not sure. America currently is around 240-250 years old.

    • @fhsjdjskkshi
      @fhsjdjskkshi 3 года назад +101

      @@vegetableman3911 so 1/2rd

    • @jrg8782
      @jrg8782 3 года назад +92

      @@vegetableman3911 america is 330 years old, he lived 110 years so he has seen 1/3 of america

    • @linnshortgrove4112
      @linnshortgrove4112 3 года назад +115

      @@jrg8782 since when was 2021-1776=330 lmao, our country is turning 245 this year

    • @vegetableman3911
      @vegetableman3911 3 года назад +31

      @@jrg8782 no it’s 244 years old

  • @stephenbates8111
    @stephenbates8111 3 года назад +1876

    Frank Buckles 1901-2011
    He died only 3 weeks after this video. God bless him & all of our vets 🇺🇸

  • @m_9714
    @m_9714 3 года назад +5927

    You’re 10 years late youtube

    • @SavageJimbo
      @SavageJimbo 3 года назад +51

      Yeah I just watched it now

    • @hi-wh8op
      @hi-wh8op 3 года назад +3

      Lol

    • @batprime1177
      @batprime1177 3 года назад +5

      Same here

    • @DaleTuck31
      @DaleTuck31 3 года назад +19

      Why? You can still a watch a video about a veteran who lived to 110.

    • @kingdave747
      @kingdave747 3 года назад

      Same

  • @Timeworks
    @Timeworks 3 года назад +1712

    What a legend

    • @moresubbickbestuff
      @moresubbickbestuff 3 года назад +10

      Ey timeworks

    • @sinpi314
      @sinpi314 3 года назад +7

      Timeworks! :O

    • @penescuandreiluca4474
      @penescuandreiluca4474 3 года назад +6

      Yoooo Timeworks

    • @thelarmy6863
      @thelarmy6863 3 года назад +1

      How did you get only 7 likes?

    • @sinpi314
      @sinpi314 3 года назад +11

      @@thelarmy6863 because it’s just a normal comment, a check mark next to the name doesn’t make it special :/

  • @AdrianaGonzalez-vm6mv
    @AdrianaGonzalez-vm6mv 8 лет назад +4108

    Sad to think your the only ww1 vet feels lonely

    • @augustopinochet7587
      @augustopinochet7587 8 лет назад +215

      *in America

    • @Sunkenmaple98
      @Sunkenmaple98 8 лет назад +239

      Claudia M Parada He's been dead for a few years now.

    • @shandon360
      @shandon360 7 лет назад +176

      Claudia M Parada Or being one of the oldest people in the world probably having outlived several children and wives. And that, for the most part, no one you meet can reminisce with you about the time you grew up in. Very lonely indeed.

    • @matthewgoodwin6295
      @matthewgoodwin6295 7 лет назад +14

      very sad

    • @adventureinc1568
      @adventureinc1568 7 лет назад +11

      Claudia M Parada There was another WW1, a woman she was apart of the Women's Flying Corps, or something along those lines.

  • @microwavedchocolate1248
    @microwavedchocolate1248 3 года назад +2352

    No ww1 Veterans are still alive.
    Let that sink in

    • @korfrag6865
      @korfrag6865 3 года назад +833

      What the fuck does that sink want

    • @galaxyred7
      @galaxyred7 3 года назад +71

      @@korfrag6865 I’m dead (not actually) 😂😂😂

    • @hypn0298
      @hypn0298 3 года назад +147

      I’m pretty sure everyone knows that. Almost all of them were born in the 1800s

    • @davidarruda8400
      @davidarruda8400 3 года назад +128

      Well at least the ww2 veterans are still around, for the next 20 years...

    • @mayo450m
      @mayo450m 3 года назад +15

      Battlefield one: am I a joke to you

  • @ButterySkater
    @ButterySkater 8 лет назад +3951

    damn. he was fighting for 48 states at the time.

    • @firepower7017
      @firepower7017 7 лет назад +333

      MrXenon1987 He seen the Shit really the Start of the Soviet Union and collapse of it

    • @drewcecato221
      @drewcecato221 6 лет назад +9

      Toolman329 it usually doesn’t**

    • @sammyzonna8045
      @sammyzonna8045 6 лет назад +93

      47 states when he was born

    • @sammyzonna8045
      @sammyzonna8045 6 лет назад +17

      And Some vietnam vets prior to 1959

    • @terrypennington2519
      @terrypennington2519 6 лет назад +93

      This man outlived the whole Soviet Union!

  • @ethanwoo9654
    @ethanwoo9654 3 года назад +1498

    For everyone’s information, he passed away 26 days after he turned 110. He will still be remembered forever

    • @gojira4036
      @gojira4036 3 года назад +4

      Way to ruin the mood asshole

    • @larrylongdong9507
      @larrylongdong9507 3 года назад +102

      @@gojira4036 I asked
      now fuck off

    • @gojira4036
      @gojira4036 3 года назад +2

      @Eagle Explain how they failed.

    • @gojira4036
      @gojira4036 3 года назад +4

      @@larrylongdong9507 Do you think I care you asked?

    • @gojira4036
      @gojira4036 3 года назад

      @Eagle Speaking ill by not liking a post where someone says he died? okay sure

  • @serbianmonkeyclub1146
    @serbianmonkeyclub1146 3 года назад +7143

    To all the people saying “He’s 120 now” He died 26 days after this recording.

    • @AdamGYodaWars
      @AdamGYodaWars 3 года назад +980

      Holy fuck that’s sad

    • @Grabenkult7734
      @Grabenkult7734 3 года назад +462

      Why must you hurt everyone in this way

    • @BlueMerle65
      @BlueMerle65 3 года назад +511

      I mean technically he’s 120 now
      but he died 10 years ago ,_,

    • @franciscoarenagonzalez5887
      @franciscoarenagonzalez5887 3 года назад +91

      NOOOOOOOOOO

    • @andypandy4607
      @andypandy4607 3 года назад +260

      Anyone with a brain would realise it was unlikely he’d still be alive

  • @GamePlayWithNolan
    @GamePlayWithNolan 8 лет назад +2668

    26 days later, he passed away. :(

    • @xDTHx
      @xDTHx 8 лет назад +111

      too bad he couldnt see bf1. :(

    • @GamePlayWithNolan
      @GamePlayWithNolan 8 лет назад +24

      Agerix Official
      Yeah, I love Battlefield 1!

    • @StopFear
      @StopFear 8 лет назад +88

      Agerix Official If he had seen it he'd get angry at how historically inaccurate and stupid it looks as far as authenticity.

    • @xDTHx
      @xDTHx 8 лет назад +6

      StopFear the only weapons that didnt exist that are in the game are a few from the medic class.

    • @cheezycrackers8677
      @cheezycrackers8677 8 лет назад +59

      WWI was not a bunch of bullet sponge people running around like Usain Bolt with automatic weapons.

  • @galaxyred7
    @galaxyred7 3 года назад +4675

    Bruh he was alive just before the Qing Dynasty in China fell, damn he seen a lot.

    • @siddharthmishra48
      @siddharthmishra48 3 года назад +468

      Qing Dynasty, Ottoman Empire, Monarchist Russia

    • @patrickf803
      @patrickf803 3 года назад +334

      Don't forget the collapse of Austria-Hungary and the decolonization from Britain and France.

    • @okay4615
      @okay4615 3 года назад +318

      He lived through the entire existence of the soviet union

    • @yeeyee5057
      @yeeyee5057 3 года назад +97

      @@okay4615 a lot of people are older than the Soviet Union

    • @okay4615
      @okay4615 3 года назад +144

      @@yeeyee5057 It's more impressive if its a SOLDIER that fought in terrible, disease-ridden trenches for years

  • @donaldtrumpii.6198
    @donaldtrumpii.6198 3 года назад +1392

    this man lived under 20 US Presidents:
    - William McKinley
    - Theodore Roosevelt
    - William Howard Taft
    - Woodrow Wilson
    - Warren G. Harding
    - Calvin Cooldige
    - Herbert Hoover
    - Franklin Delano Roosevelt
    - Harry S. Truman
    - Dwight D. Eisenhower
    - John F. kennedy
    - Lyndon B. Johnson
    - Richard Nixon
    - Gerald Ford
    - Jimmy carter
    - Ronald Reagan
    - George H.W. Bush
    - Bill Clinton
    - George W. Bush
    - Barack Obama
    Thats stunning!

    • @horseshit1503
      @horseshit1503 3 года назад +74

      Im guessing he wouldn't of liked trump anyway capitol raid

    • @TheLucidSpecter
      @TheLucidSpecter 3 года назад +45

      Imagine if he lived in the Age of Trump. Yikes!

    • @jasper2469
      @jasper2469 3 года назад +55

      Fun Fact: half of these presidents are born on 19th century.

    • @kingReddy101
      @kingReddy101 3 года назад +31

      @@TheLucidSpecter What do you mean?

    • @finndegraaf2707
      @finndegraaf2707 3 года назад +25

      @@kingReddy101 He thinks that he's funny

  • @engmac8178
    @engmac8178 8 лет назад +2244

    Wow just to think, this man saw the begging and the end of the USSR, he saw the British empire when it was at its peak, and the end of its decline, he saw America grow from an insignificant country to the only world super power, he saw a lot in his days on earth.

    • @engmac8178
      @engmac8178 8 лет назад +53

      *beginning

    • @engmac8178
      @engmac8178 8 лет назад +48

      Fletchers Flesh point out any errors, idiot.

    • @walkemdown4127
      @walkemdown4127 7 лет назад +41

      Fletchers Flesh Grammar* Moron.

    • @CoolioXXX52
      @CoolioXXX52 7 лет назад +85

      America wasn't insignificant in 1916

    • @BradenDJ
      @BradenDJ 7 лет назад +25

      Everyone in this comments section is dumber because of what you just said.

  • @louieggg213
    @louieggg213 3 года назад +1771

    He was 16 years old when the Americans joined the war

    • @peepo6034
      @peepo6034 3 года назад +175

      Im 16 about to turn 17 and i cant wrap up in my mind that kids my age went and fought in a war and never got to see their families again and their families never got to see them alive

    • @jothishprabu8
      @jothishprabu8 3 года назад +20

      That must be a frightening experience!

    • @باطل-د5ت
      @باطل-د5ت 3 года назад +34

      @@peepo6034 they were a whole different breed

    • @louieggg213
      @louieggg213 3 года назад +7

      @@peepo6034 Yeah, same.

    • @SDRlegacy
      @SDRlegacy 3 года назад +3

      @@peepo6034 PEEPOOO greatings from /Pol/.

  • @Neyobe
    @Neyobe 3 года назад +235

    He’s celebrating his 120 birthday in heaven

    • @zakhachemi3929
      @zakhachemi3929 3 года назад +14

      It’s his 10th birthday in the afterlife

    • @Neyobe
      @Neyobe 3 года назад +5

      @@zakhachemi3929 truth 💯

    • @Neyobe
      @Neyobe 3 года назад +2

      @Nicholas Negosian it’s a euphemism, still nice to think about :)

    • @Villosa64
      @Villosa64 3 года назад +1

      @Nicholas Negosian prolly doesnt, but believe in what you want. in this case, this is a great person, he fought for his country, so wishing him happiness in heaven is a nice thing to do (heaven = good peaceful place)

    • @krejziks3398
      @krejziks3398 3 года назад +1

      If heaven was real, it would be empty, forever

  • @iiBandage
    @iiBandage 8 лет назад +2376

    God bless him and it's absolutely amazing how well he looks at 110... No he can't walk very well but hey he is 110 and he lived an amazing life. Rest in peace hero.

    • @tiercel24
      @tiercel24 8 лет назад +105

      It's sad that he died only 27 days after he turned 110 (when this video came out). Imagine what he must have been like as a young man? Incredible stories, I'm sure!

    • @richardw4378
      @richardw4378 7 лет назад +4

      Tre Nichols Yup he should write a book

    • @chrisskuse2945
      @chrisskuse2945 7 лет назад +29

      +Richard W he's dead

    • @someguy-mf1pf
      @someguy-mf1pf 7 лет назад +9

      He was actually 109 in the video clips here because he was in too bad health to be photographed at 110 and died soon after.

    • @tee981
      @tee981 7 лет назад

      Richard W how can he write a book if he's dead are you brain damaged

  • @A1Kira
    @A1Kira 8 лет назад +6572

    He died 26 days after this was uploaded

    • @generic_user8172
      @generic_user8172 7 лет назад +589

      Dark god bless him he loved a full life

    • @mlgblazeit420max9
      @mlgblazeit420max9 7 лет назад +215

      Ragnar Onsager and what’s your disability?

    • @xxfrosty609xx3
      @xxfrosty609xx3 6 лет назад +36

      Ragnar Onsager Minecraft youtubers did

    • @elchungo5026
      @elchungo5026 6 лет назад +186

      Ragnar Onsager why the fuck would the government want to kill some old WWI vet? What, is some old vet from West Virginia gonna expose their hidden agenda?

    • @sausagelawyer575
      @sausagelawyer575 6 лет назад +25

      Good lord you people need to learn to take a joke

  • @marlonvasquez6531
    @marlonvasquez6531 8 лет назад +1470

    I salute you for fighting for our country, god bless you, rest in peace 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

    • @MrCarpelan
      @MrCarpelan 8 лет назад +10

      He didn't fight he was a mail man still a hero though.

    • @somedesertdude1308
      @somedesertdude1308 8 лет назад +8

      Marlon Vasquez fuck us

    • @somedesertdude1308
      @somedesertdude1308 8 лет назад +4

      StopFear oooh hoo I'm scared of a fucking crackhead and gues what I'm white too

    • @StopFear
      @StopFear 8 лет назад +18

      some desert dude my comment didn't mean to suggest you were of any specific ethnic group. Your icon is a guy wearing a head covering that's used in deserts traditionally.

    • @StopFear
      @StopFear 8 лет назад +12

      some desert dude "fuck us"? Who are you guys and whom do you want to fuck you?

  • @Auzuke
    @Auzuke 3 года назад +1002

    He’s older then the Soviet Union

    • @tumppu123-h4s
      @tumppu123-h4s 3 года назад +91

      ussr was 72 years old but kinda cool to think he saw nazi germany and whole cold war

    • @serbianmonkeyclub1146
      @serbianmonkeyclub1146 3 года назад +14

      He could of also fought alongside the British guy who spared Hitler, making the cold war and nazi Germany happen.

    • @BobSmith-jf6qr
      @BobSmith-jf6qr 3 года назад +5

      @@serbianmonkeyclub1146 bruh

    • @mr.bf1107
      @mr.bf1107 3 года назад

      @@serbianmonkeyclub1146 rlly

    • @thedarksideofthemoon9195
      @thedarksideofthemoon9195 Год назад +2

      @@tumppu123-h4s I think he probably meant that he was there before ussr and after they collapsed

  • @ponraul1221
    @ponraul1221 3 года назад +1927

    This guy grew up during the last days of the Wild West and could’ve played it in Red Dead Redemption…

    • @sidewinder1176
      @sidewinder1176 3 года назад +163

      From Red Dead to COD WW2.... This man's a legend

    • @jonah.serrato
      @jonah.serrato 3 года назад +54

      Why is RDR the first thing that came to my mind? I need to take a break from these games...

    • @anikdey9706
      @anikdey9706 3 года назад +28

      @@sidewinder1176 to gta damn I couldn’t imagine seeing that all in one life.

    • @ancientv3933
      @ancientv3933 3 года назад +7

      Damn, really shows how time develops..
      If he was from those areas he may have even got ptsd

    • @ok-70707
      @ok-70707 3 года назад +2

      Fascinating really.

  • @jonah.serrato
    @jonah.serrato 3 года назад +375

    This man grew up with people still using horses and wagons as their main source of transportation and lived to see so many inventions from the 2010’s.

    • @funnyman4713
      @funnyman4713 3 года назад

      I mean he only lived until 2011, he didnt see all of the 2010's

    • @reaperzvoid1400
      @reaperzvoid1400 3 года назад +4

      @@funnyman4713 bruh did you really say only? He probably ended up living through more years than any of us

    • @sophiaashley7973
      @sophiaashley7973 2 года назад +1

      yeah dont u think we should support them? for what they've done for us

    • @danielbrown3461
      @danielbrown3461 Год назад

      He also saw the start of the gay and transgender movements and acceptance into the military.

  • @notforgetful4926
    @notforgetful4926 3 года назад +1634

    His last words were "I was never looking for adventure, it just came to me."
    Edit: Several people have notified me that these might not be his last words, checking my sources now. Can't like about something like this

    • @filgabriel8289
      @filgabriel8289 3 года назад +5

      I’m watching Pokémon rn and I saw your profile pic...

    • @notforgetful4926
      @notforgetful4926 3 года назад +30

      @@filgabriel8289 You thought it was surprised Pikachu, but it was I, DIO!

    • @DrKozmikal
      @DrKozmikal 3 года назад +2

      @@notforgetful4926 .

    • @fbiagent9370
      @fbiagent9370 3 года назад +1

      :((

    • @Sim0132
      @Sim0132 3 года назад +4

      You Did Not Choose Adventure
      Adventure Choose You

  • @overridingriot66
    @overridingriot66 3 года назад +270

    Titanic's sinking, WWI, Roaring 20s, Great Depression , WWII, the Holocaust, Cuban Misslie crisis, Cold war, Korean war, space race, beginning of the internet, and more.
    Frank Buckles has gone through every major event in the 20th century.
    Rest In Peace
    Frank Buckles.
    1901-2011

    • @David-fi9yu
      @David-fi9yu 3 года назад +20

      Don't forget he lived through the fall of the Qing Empire which was one of the biggest empires in history.

    • @David-fi9yu
      @David-fi9yu 3 года назад +3

      He also saw countries being created left and right from the British and French decolonization programs.

    • @immigrantgaming420epic
      @immigrantgaming420epic 3 года назад +9

      also both russian revolutions

    • @gucvv8508
      @gucvv8508 3 года назад

      What a hell of a life

    • @Daniel_Huffman
      @Daniel_Huffman 3 года назад +6

      I find it rather fitting that you brought up the _Titanic_ Disaster, as Frank Buckles traveled to Europe to join the fighting aboard the RMS _Carpathia._ He may very well have been the last living person who stepped aboard the ill-fated Cunarder.

  • @Polishwm
    @Polishwm 10 лет назад +623

    Hes a true hero not like these instant stars on Idol the voice,etc,celeberties my hats off to him,God bless him and keep going.

    • @ryanfriedman4329
      @ryanfriedman4329 8 лет назад +6

      Yeah April 1917 - November 1918 isn't sudden like sudden is used today.

    • @TheRichard714
      @TheRichard714 8 лет назад +3

      True That..

    • @ryaneldredpa
      @ryaneldredpa 7 лет назад +14

      Sally Mendoza Absolutely right. If not for individuals like him. None of these "instant" stars would have had a chance to be pop stars or whatever they are if guys like him didn't answer the call to action.

    • @chriss1810
      @chriss1810 7 лет назад +1

      Sally Mendoza u aint even have a hat on wym u in front of a creen on you tube

    • @brandon.chitica5928
      @brandon.chitica5928 7 лет назад +5

      chris s that has to be the weakest roast bro. And why you even here? Just to find people to roast? You're such a brave keyboard warrior. I'm so disappointed in you

  • @rah.248
    @rah.248 5 лет назад +889

    "Sees title" 😀
    *video was uploaded 9 years ago" 😞

    • @results3325
      @results3325 5 лет назад +9

      Same I'm really really sad about this

    • @Salvidk
      @Salvidk 3 года назад +3

      Me three :(

    • @davidkhrystenko
      @davidkhrystenko 3 года назад +1

      Same thing happened to me

    • @senorswordfish6019
      @senorswordfish6019 3 года назад +2

      Is he dead...?

    • @davidkhrystenko
      @davidkhrystenko 3 года назад +12

      @@senorswordfish6019 Yes, apparently he died within a month of this video.

  • @brycearchambault6260
    @brycearchambault6260 3 года назад +861

    This man has gone through eras of kingdoms, fascists, communists, and democracies, and more wars and conflicts than I can count. That’s absolutely mind boggling.

    • @maikatideibaskapanaumrqlatupa
      @maikatideibaskapanaumrqlatupa 3 года назад +24

      "eras"
      are you a moron? Youre saying it like he has lived centuries. Stop being dramatic.
      It's really impressive to see him live to this old but you guys are obnoxious with the praising

    • @james_ceo
      @james_ceo 3 года назад +8

      @@maikatideibaskapanaumrqlatupa its suppose to be cool

    • @theasianboy315
      @theasianboy315 3 года назад +26

      Yes, you're right. He was alive to see the fall of major Western monarchies after WW1, the communist revolutions that soon followed, the rise of Soviet Union, Great Depression, the rise of fascism prior to WW2, the fall of fascism after WW2, the Cold War, the fall of Soviet Union, 9/11, Great Recession, and maybe in the end he saw the resurgence of Nazism in form of Neo-Nazis

    • @timo9533
      @timo9533 3 года назад +18

      @@maikatideibaskapanaumrqlatupa Who hurt you bro.

    • @maikatideibaskapanaumrqlatupa
      @maikatideibaskapanaumrqlatupa 3 года назад +1

      @@timo9533 now try talking without sounding like a 3rd grader

  • @thekillerfishfromsandiego6218
    @thekillerfishfromsandiego6218 2 года назад +40

    Can't believe all of the WW1 veterans are gone.

    • @kremidgames1813
      @kremidgames1813 2 года назад +14

      And in the next years all ww2 ones too we are the last generation to live with ww2 veterans

    • @Juststayhopeful
      @Juststayhopeful Год назад

      @@kremidgames1813 yeah

    • @whyme3772
      @whyme3772 10 месяцев назад +4

      @@kremidgames1813Yeah. My great grandfather is one. He’s 97 currently.

    • @TheArtofBoxing101
      @TheArtofBoxing101 8 месяцев назад +2

      @@whyme3772 Tell him a random Californian said I respect him with all my heart !

    • @somerandomdragon558
      @somerandomdragon558 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@kremidgames1813 Indeed. My grandfather was very young when he was drafted for WW2 at the end of the war. And even tho he was one of the youngest people who have seen the war, he passed away at age 93 last year. Time is flying by.

  • @ilikefoxesm817
    @ilikefoxesm817 8 лет назад +699

    It's crazy how one day, there will barely be soldiers from the Iraq-Afghan wars alive... Time just keepings moving forward :l

    • @peytonbergman5860
      @peytonbergman5860 7 лет назад +7

      How would he have joined the military at 16 when the US pulled out in 1973

    • @JimmyaKaTheK
      @JimmyaKaTheK 6 лет назад +58

      Just to think there will come a day when every WW3 veteran will have died

    • @evasoru1254
      @evasoru1254 6 лет назад +27

      No one wants WW3

    • @JimmyaKaTheK
      @JimmyaKaTheK 6 лет назад +14

      Will skip WW3 and just go straight to WW4

    • @evasoru1254
      @evasoru1254 6 лет назад +9

      No technology today is to powerful if we broke out a World war. Nuclear war will break out. Do you want the world being a wasteland?

  • @Hellrado
    @Hellrado 3 года назад +280

    Hope he’s resting peacefully, it’s sad to think that this will happen to the ww2, Korean, Vietnam, and even the wars in the Middle East rn. RIP to all soldiers

    • @isko8680
      @isko8680 3 года назад +3

      Yugoslav wars...

    • @Max11legoPlays
      @Max11legoPlays 3 года назад +2

      @@isko8680 those arent revalent to america

    • @BeWaReJay
      @BeWaReJay 3 года назад +2

      @Airbus A300 That’s personally important, not nationally important

    • @mycklaflonscamping1398
      @mycklaflonscamping1398 3 года назад +6

      Middle East soldiers do not deserve recognition in my opinion. I know I’m gonna get hate on this comment. However ‘The War on Terror’ was just a reason to kill and invade. As was the Vietnam war. WW1 and WW2 veterans deserve everything. And even then American veterans overshadow the rest. But Polish and English, French and even Belgian soldiers did as much. Maybe even more. To the liberation of Europe. America only joined in WW2 because of Japan and Pearl Harbor.

    • @todddddddd3696
      @todddddddd3696 3 года назад +5

      @@mycklaflonscamping1398 I feel like despite intentions of wars, that doesn't diminish individual acts of heroism of certain soldiers. search up John A. Chapman in the Battle of Takur Ghar, which was during the war in Afghanistan. I'd call him a hero even though the war he was fighting might not be as honorable as ww1 or ww2.

  • @Jonathan-pz6ws
    @Jonathan-pz6ws 8 лет назад +305

    Thank you for you service❤❤

  • @DonMadruga72
    @DonMadruga72 3 года назад +66

    As a history lover, seeing this fills me with joy, but also with sadness. You see, there will come a point in my life where there will be no more people who witnessed in person events like World War One (The veterans are all dead, but there is still people of the time alive) Second World War and the Vietnam War (Well, i do Hope to outlive this last one). is shocking to see that all these events that are so remarkable in history will remain only in the books, and not more in memories. It's something that makes you think about a lot.

    • @86kickass
      @86kickass 3 года назад +4

      Damn Kaiser Wilhelm II thats deep

    • @Regular_Decorated_Emergency
      @Regular_Decorated_Emergency 3 года назад +2

      I feel the same. Like one day there won't be any WWII veterans or Holocaust surivors.

    • @shockwavesteve
      @shockwavesteve 3 года назад

      So uh… how’s you’re mate in Russia, Kaiser?

    • @sophiaashley7973
      @sophiaashley7973 2 года назад

      all the young veterans are doing so much for us alr we should also support them for what they've done for us. there are so many projects helping the veterans like HAVE NFTs

  • @theeclonegamer4969
    @theeclonegamer4969 3 года назад +495

    I guess he is the winner of WW1 for out living every one

  • @sol241
    @sol241 3 года назад +1162

    Me: oh nice, he’s 110 years old
    Me realizing it was 10 years ago: 😞

    • @You-dn8ep
      @You-dn8ep 3 года назад +53

      He’s 120 years old kinda

    • @jimmynucklehead3070
      @jimmynucklehead3070 3 года назад +65

      @@You-dn8ep yeah true but is he alive no so he would be 120 in heaven

    • @eren7683
      @eren7683 3 года назад +132

      @@You-dn8ep He passed away 25 days after this video. May he rest in peace.

    • @Dragoon_99
      @Dragoon_99 3 года назад +12

      @@jimmynucklehead3070 "in heaven" you can't judge who goes to heaven or not.

    • @jimmynucklehead3070
      @jimmynucklehead3070 3 года назад +23

      @@Dragoon_99 true but still he deserves it

  • @drew65sep
    @drew65sep 6 лет назад +669

    Not known by many people, there's a WW1 memorial on the State Capitol grounds in Charleston WV and it's been there as long as I can remember. I'm 52yrs old.

    • @starm6392
      @starm6392 6 лет назад +4

      Woah thats a long time

    • @numbersstation2
      @numbersstation2 6 лет назад +16

      Tread carefully, any memorials for white men will be taken down for "celebrating" white supremacy.

    • @jackestis9065
      @jackestis9065 6 лет назад +15

      Hanz Fox I hope not there were many different races that fought in WW1 representing the US not just “white people”

    • @numbersstation2
      @numbersstation2 6 лет назад +4

      Jack Estis
      The memorial in question for the video was for America's efforts in World War 1. With that said, the vast majority of the service men in ww1 were white with Politically Incorrect views for the current year.

    • @28291973
      @28291973 6 лет назад +1

      Jack Estis yeah actually I’m pretty sure it was only white people but some blacks and other races were forced to join without any option

  • @JohnnyboytheGuy
    @JohnnyboytheGuy 3 года назад +81

    this man has seen the Qing dynasty and the Wii in the same life.

    • @drquack4213
      @drquack4213 3 года назад +3

      I laughed too hard

    • @heinzguderian628
      @heinzguderian628 3 года назад +6

      He outlived the nazi germany and USSR

    • @billysinge8977
      @billysinge8977 3 года назад +4

      @@heinzguderian628 well, Nazi Germany wasn’t the mightiest of empires, it only lasted 12 years! The USSR however, outliving that monstrosity is an achievement indeed.

    • @guywithphone9222
      @guywithphone9222 3 года назад +3

      @@billysinge8977 he literally watched the show from beginning to end

  • @toastedgrapes7961
    @toastedgrapes7961 3 года назад +323

    In about 20 years, we’ll be talking about the last WW2 and Korea vet still alive, and in 60 years, we’ll be talking about the last Vietnam vet...

    • @RetrX1
      @RetrX1 3 года назад +66

      And in 157 years we will be talking about the last WW3 vet
      oh shit wait

    • @BUBBA808
      @BUBBA808 3 года назад +21

      @@RetrX1 aNd iN 69696969 YeArS wE wIlL bE TaLkInG aBoUt ThE LaSt WW696969...😒

    • @joeswansonthesimphunter2612
      @joeswansonthesimphunter2612 3 года назад +29

      And in 80 years people will be talking about the last Gulf War vets, then the last Iraq War and Afghanistan War vets

    • @livepigmaster_431
      @livepigmaster_431 3 года назад +5

      I’m just saying but people born in 2020/2021 will likely live to 110 consistently and so one will reach 150 crazy to think about

    • @Bobinsox
      @Bobinsox 3 года назад +4

      @@BUBBA808 Nobody made a cringe joke until you came along, lol

  • @joeyortu6380
    @joeyortu6380 8 лет назад +305

    Rip, a true hero.

    • @kaiutinx525
      @kaiutinx525 3 года назад

      You never knew him tho

    • @ninja1676
      @ninja1676 3 года назад +1

      @@kaiutinx525 lol

    • @sophiaashley7973
      @sophiaashley7973 2 года назад

      exactly they're the heroes we need to support and empower wdyt about helping them?

  • @SuperThischannel
    @SuperThischannel 3 года назад +1423

    this guy was born before the presidency of Teddy Roosevelt... holy crap
    Edit: holy crap how’d this get 1000 likes?

    • @issac2112
      @issac2112 3 года назад +23

      Most manly president 🤣😂

    • @Ty-vj4wg
      @Ty-vj4wg 3 года назад +4

      Only by a couple months

    • @MrLachapell
      @MrLachapell 3 года назад +3

      "this guy"

    • @teratrillionz
      @teratrillionz 3 года назад +2

      @@MrLachapell bruh he just said this guy to refer to the vet

    • @Constantine0630
      @Constantine0630 3 года назад +5

      @@issac2112 Thank you.

  • @Lord_Kratos69
    @Lord_Kratos69 Год назад +6

    I cant believe that someone was solidier and now tell story from ww2 and this man even ww1 😢😮🫡

  • @its_kenny9009
    @its_kenny9009 8 лет назад +306

    God bless that hero

    • @94crx31
      @94crx31 7 лет назад +7

      God bless you.

    • @brennankirchhoff3816
      @brennankirchhoff3816 7 лет назад +7

      Amen

    • @brennankirchhoff3816
      @brennankirchhoff3816 6 лет назад +1

      Suit yourself

    • @pornhubhatesme
      @pornhubhatesme 6 лет назад +5

      BlueVersion2 no one cares about your opinion kiddo

    • @lxstpirates4166
      @lxstpirates4166 6 лет назад +3

      BlueVersion2 god is real and how come someone made Earth who made Earth huh and outer space and animals back in 1 billion years and trees and how come we breathe on earth except the other planets

  • @Wh40kFinatic
    @Wh40kFinatic 8 лет назад +814

    Such an underrated war. Hardly anyone knows much about it.

    • @jarediscool1997
      @jarediscool1997 8 лет назад +154

      Don't say that man. There are plenty of us WW1 buffs out there. If you are interested in it, you should watch a channel called TheGreatWar on youtube. It is pretty fucking amazing.

    • @jacobford3816
      @jacobford3816 8 лет назад +41

      All you need to know is the Germans were the good guys, and the English were the bad guys.

    • @Whydoyoureadme
      @Whydoyoureadme 8 лет назад +18

      You mean half of the Germans were good, the other half were "bad". Or what ever you mean by good/bad in terms of war.

    • @jacobford3816
      @jacobford3816 8 лет назад +22

      Timothy Magnussen No I mean that the Germans were just protecting themselves from foreign aggression, they struck first to prevent the allies from pincering them.

    • @jarediscool1997
      @jarediscool1997 8 лет назад +72

      Jacob Ford The war started when Austria Hungary went to war against Serbia. Which drew Germany into the war because of their alliance with Austria Hungary. In fact the English didn't declare war on Germany until Germany invaded Belgium. You are either a troll, or you have an IQ on par with a potato.

  • @TheEduardo90
    @TheEduardo90 7 лет назад +106

    When i see people so old like him im like "imagine all that they have seen,all that they know,all that they have been through,all that they have lived"

    • @sophiaashley7973
      @sophiaashley7973 2 года назад

      exactly they're the heroes we need to support and empower wdyt about helping them?

  • @ameerabdallah9821
    @ameerabdallah9821 3 года назад +6

    What a kind man to serve his country to live a long time
    How kind
    Thank you for your service!

    • @sophiaashley7973
      @sophiaashley7973 2 года назад

      hey dont u think we should support them? for what they've done for us

  • @exploringguy5599
    @exploringguy5599 5 лет назад +38

    There are now all gone, but they will not be forgotten in history

    • @GoldyReizer
      @GoldyReizer 3 года назад +1

      @Xavier Phillips your*

  • @Aidan-zo1ui
    @Aidan-zo1ui 3 года назад +79

    Sadly he passed away on February 27, 2011. He was buried at Arlington National Cemetery, which he very much deserves. Thank you for your service, Frank Buckles.

  • @shivermetimbers6299
    @shivermetimbers6299 3 года назад +41

    He’s been through the whole 20th century and he’s learned from its history he saw the change in society throughout the years the knowledge he possessed of being alive through all that is quite special

    • @CryingB1oodTears
      @CryingB1oodTears 3 года назад

      Society- Gamer.

    • @0ninja213
      @0ninja213 3 года назад +3

      he lived through one of the most important centuries. The 20th century saw one of the most rapid changes in technology.

  • @TicTac0097
    @TicTac0097 3 года назад +7

    Thank you RUclips for recommending this. It feels sad that he has passed away.
    I salute and God bless him! 👏🏻🙏

    • @sophiaashley7973
      @sophiaashley7973 2 года назад

      exactly they're the heroes we need to support and empower wdyt about helping them?

  • @axelxan
    @axelxan 8 лет назад +256

    I hope that after WW3 there will be still enough ppl to build memorials.

    • @kawhileonard3745
      @kawhileonard3745 8 лет назад

      axelxan lol same

    • @SlavicUnionGaming
      @SlavicUnionGaming 8 лет назад +7

      ww3 isnt gonna be around in time for your parents mabey you and i will be around during it, but why even think about ww3 its a little to early to be thinking about it, for all we know the german union could be planning it

    • @JamesPolymer
      @JamesPolymer 7 лет назад +8

      Wow...from sympathetic to insane in four posts flat. That's a new record for RUclips.

    • @TheCaptainSplatter
      @TheCaptainSplatter 7 лет назад +11

      WW3 will be the end of mankind. As long as nukes are still a thing.

    • @JamesPolymer
      @JamesPolymer 7 лет назад +8

      Alucard Hellsing
      Oh no, there are so many things beyond nuclear weapons. If we wanted, we could breed a strain of bacteria (or genetically engineer a virus) so strong it resists every treatment known to man and spreads like wildfire. Not nearly as impressive to watch, but much more thorough. ^^

  • @jedlaw9460
    @jedlaw9460 3 года назад +83

    Wow, this man lived through the russo japanese war,the fall of the qing dynasty, Titanic,wwi,The Russian Revolution,The great depression,WW2,The cold war, the Korean War, The Space Race,The Vietnam War,The fall of the USSR,,War in Afghanistan,9/11,Iraq war ,and the modern age

    • @isko8680
      @isko8680 3 года назад +1

      ...Yugoslav wars...

    • @yonissaid714
      @yonissaid714 3 года назад +1

      god damn, how many wars? in just 2 and a half centuries

    • @jedlaw9460
      @jedlaw9460 3 года назад +1

      More than 10

    • @jedlaw9460
      @jedlaw9460 3 года назад

      @Airbus A300 you're right

    • @slavarussixr
      @slavarussixr 3 года назад

      And Syrian war

  • @drdurag5557
    @drdurag5557 3 года назад +149

    He’s with his homies now

    • @DanielBiggins17
      @DanielBiggins17 3 года назад +25

      Why the fuck was it your comment that made me cry lmao

    • @charlzofficial8244
      @charlzofficial8244 3 года назад

      He is not

    • @scotifypremium214
      @scotifypremium214 3 года назад +20

      @@charlzofficial8244 He most certainly is

    • @theblinkingbrownie4654
      @theblinkingbrownie4654 3 года назад +6

      @@scotifypremium214 eh charlz is prolly not religious I guess, makes sense in that context

    • @chinmay_r_sharma
      @chinmay_r_sharma 3 года назад +2

      2pac's life goes on is ringing in my ears after seeing this.
      Maybe this dude is having a toast with his comrades and dead soldiers from axis powers and all are friends

  • @juggernog458
    @juggernog458 3 года назад +4

    We salute to you sir. Thank you for your service. You have served your country well.

  • @joeporto6762
    @joeporto6762 8 лет назад +69

    Thanks so much to him🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

  • @connorowens6941
    @connorowens6941 3 года назад +74

    Imagine being one of the 168 people who disliked this video. Shame.

    • @maxbabl2691
      @maxbabl2691 3 года назад +7

      Germans maybe?

    • @chickenbokernot2598
      @chickenbokernot2598 3 года назад +4

      @@maxbabl2691 no

    • @jimmynucklehead3070
      @jimmynucklehead3070 3 года назад +7

      @@maxbabl2691 just a bunch of kids that don’t understand what this mans been through. Heck he was 107 when I was born and even before he saw 9/11

    • @letimo6721
      @letimo6721 3 года назад

      @@maxbabl2691 I'm German and I liked it. Why should Germans dislike this video? xD

    • @Botchewlism
      @Botchewlism 3 года назад

      @Styx 17 prob some salty imperialist germans

  • @allenmcqueen337
    @allenmcqueen337 7 лет назад +378

    damn it there goes another generation in 20 years we will probably lose the ww2 generation and thats depressing.

    • @Msflamingo-wl4qo
      @Msflamingo-wl4qo 7 лет назад +8

      William the robotek droid Yes, sad but true.

    • @Msflamingo-wl4qo
      @Msflamingo-wl4qo 7 лет назад +17

      Toolman329 Thank you for your Service! I was blessed to be the Daughter of older Parents. My Daddy & Godfather were both WW2 Vets, US Army Air Corp. I learned so much from my Parents. Respect, honesty, kindness & common decency were the norm. I'm keeping those values alive as we live in a world now where common sense, common courtesy, & common decency are no longer common. It's nice to know there are many WW2 Vets still with us. Unfortunately, my Godparents & recently both my Parents have passed. (RIP💖) I appreciate your comment. Thank you for your Service. 💖🌟🇺🇸🌟💖

    • @charliekk3377
      @charliekk3377 6 лет назад +9

      With great care their memory will not fade.

    • @qwertymanova2652
      @qwertymanova2652 5 лет назад +5

      @@Msflamingo-wl4qo We pray that World War 3 does not happen

    • @lightzpy8049
      @lightzpy8049 5 лет назад +4

      the oppressed sacrificed past for the future privileged and entitled

  • @samlee6152
    @samlee6152 3 года назад +14

    He passed just a few weeks after this, so sad. But also not sad because he lived a long, adventure-filled life. RIP sir.

  • @Kevin-77
    @Kevin-77 7 лет назад +8

    Thank you for your service. You are the best ever.

  • @starfrost6816
    @starfrost6816 7 лет назад +31

    He did die 27 days later.
    The last combat veteran to die was on November 9, 2011.
    The last veteran (a woman member of the Woman's Air Force of Britain) dies on 9 February 2012.

  • @whichkatami
    @whichkatami 5 лет назад +10

    He died 26 days after his 110th birthday. Thank you for your service. Hard to believe they are all gone.

  • @M_Uzi05
    @M_Uzi05 2 года назад +12

    He died in 27 February 2011 , may he rest in peace

  • @samjon9eli725
    @samjon9eli725 5 лет назад +20

    My grandfather is 107 and still remembers the colors, engine types, makes and models of the cars he owned in the 30s. He dug miles of trenches by hand in Germany In WW2. When I listen to the stories of his early days I can’t help but realize I was born 2 generations late

    • @sophiaashley7973
      @sophiaashley7973 2 года назад +1

      exactly I feel the same we should help our nation grow and especially the veterans as they've done so much for us alr wdyt?

    • @Frenite
      @Frenite Год назад +1

      Is he still alive?

    • @yagamilight3547
      @yagamilight3547 Год назад +1

      @@Frenite what do you think

    • @Frenite
      @Frenite Год назад +1

      @@yagamilight3547 Probably not, but there’s always a small chance.

  • @Tool19672
    @Tool19672 14 лет назад +6

    Thank you Sir ... And God Bless You On Your 110 Birthday!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY MR. BUCKLES , I Salute You SIR

  • @ConfusedDonkey
    @ConfusedDonkey 8 лет назад +21

    RIP bless all of the dead ww1 vets in heaven

  • @tomandjc4201
    @tomandjc4201 3 года назад +30

    If RUclips recommended this video to you, they just don't want you to forget him

  • @Kingofportals
    @Kingofportals 2 года назад +4

    Bless this man’s sole, as someone who had 2 Great Grandfathers who served in this terrible war, I find it very unfortunate they all passed away. Rest In Peace to these true American heroes. They will be missed, I hope our World War 2 veterans will have their stories recorded for future generations to hear.

  • @methanoI
    @methanoI 3 года назад +499

    "WWI? thats cool, i wonder what hes doing right now"
    "10 years ago"
    My disappointment is immeasureable and my day is ruined

  • @dapperfield595
    @dapperfield595 3 года назад +51

    Born in 1901, which means he went to Europe at 16. That's a whole another level of bravery right there o7

    • @blackpaint9093
      @blackpaint9093 3 года назад +6

      Quite common for 16 yo to go as volunteers at war. In italy the whole male generation of 1899 basically disappeared during the war, 16 yo boys went massively as volunteers at the beginning of the war and got slaughtered. Also in 1917/1918 they were conscripted so just imagine..... The 1898/1899 generation in Italy went totally missing, few remained

  • @ACEDIAMOND666
    @ACEDIAMOND666 6 лет назад +4

    My great grandfather Lawrence Scholl was in the US Army in WW1.
    Born August 10, 1898-Died December 2, 1984 aged 86 years. He happily gave his life to save mine. I was 7 when he died. He was a very nice man.

  • @REALjohnmosesbrowning
    @REALjohnmosesbrowning 5 лет назад +16

    This guy was born in the days of the Old Wild West and died with smartphones around him.

  • @lexkek5625
    @lexkek5625 2 года назад +8

    Makes me a bit sad when these ww1-ww2 veterans start dying of extreme old age. Like a bit of history is fleeting away from us. They witnessed so much and experienced so much. 100 years and counting man! That's so insane for me to comprehend. I doubt anyone in my family including me will ever live that long. I hope he's doing well in the afterlife he deserves his rest.

  • @Vinny_TheCableGuy
    @Vinny_TheCableGuy 5 лет назад +7

    I met Frank in KCMO at the World War one museum when my civil war reenacting group did a cannon live fire in front of the museum. May God rest that great man's soul.

  • @Rex_TTV
    @Rex_TTV 8 лет назад +88

    26 days after this video was uploaded he died

  • @dominicbitah7771
    @dominicbitah7771 8 лет назад +15

    rest in peace hero, you will be honored till the end and after

    • @sophiaashley7973
      @sophiaashley7973 2 года назад

      exactly they're the heroes we need to support and empower wdyt about helping them?

  • @clashmustache
    @clashmustache 3 года назад +2

    Remember when this was bravery?
    Now it's brave to make up genders and words and then bully those people who disagree with you.
    We need more heroes like this

    • @animeoniichan117
      @animeoniichan117 3 года назад

      So true. Bravery nowadays is to march naked on street with face paints and rainbow flags to show support for made up genders and harass and assault those who don't agree.

  • @adeerinnara3858
    @adeerinnara3858 3 года назад +35

    How in the world is this recommended to me 10 years later

  • @hawaiiangaming8086
    @hawaiiangaming8086 6 лет назад +4

    Never got to say this to a WW1 vet but. Thank you for your service and fighting the good fight

    • @sophiaashley7973
      @sophiaashley7973 2 года назад

      exactly they're the heroes we need to support and empower wdyt about helping them?

  • @commanderred5573
    @commanderred5573 3 года назад +5

    This man seen everything, we can only dream of living a life half as full filling as this legend.

  • @globalspiritualrevolutionmedia
    @globalspiritualrevolutionmedia 2 года назад +1

    A True Patriot!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

  • @GamerKid64
    @GamerKid64 3 года назад +9

    0:25 DAMN THAT CAKE LOOKS GOOD!!!!!
    but I still feel bad after he died 26 days later....sad......

  • @dylantruong897
    @dylantruong897 6 лет назад +5

    "I'm proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm free. And I won't forget the ones who died whom have that right to me..."
    Rest in peace, 1901 - 2011.

  • @50shekels
    @50shekels 3 года назад +37

    Bruh he died 26 days after filming this

  • @ThePhoenixCAPT97
    @ThePhoenixCAPT97 7 месяцев назад +1

    The fact that he lived that long is, insane. Thank you for everything you did to protect this country during the war.

  • @smoothsnailing2161
    @smoothsnailing2161 8 лет назад +93

    When i heard the narrator at the start of this video, i thought of the fitness gram pacer test. o_o

    • @clipvault9405
      @clipvault9405 8 лет назад

      Lol so true

    • @EIfric
      @EIfric 8 лет назад +1

      I have to do it in a week ;~;

    • @connormaeng2562
      @connormaeng2562 8 лет назад

      jay day Get ready... start.

    • @inuyasha1389
      @inuyasha1389 8 лет назад +5

      Dat profile pic tho

    • @TruthhhOG
      @TruthhhOG 7 лет назад +2

      The Russian Meme God no way, i thought the same thing LOL!

  • @drew65sep
    @drew65sep 6 лет назад +51

    WV has had the most people per capita to volunteer to go to war since it's inception as a state in 1863.

    • @twenty_characters_2015
      @twenty_characters_2015 6 лет назад

      WWI*

    • @jibril7940
      @jibril7940 6 лет назад +4

      Andrew k Adams That's because there's a lack of jobs and employment and their only choice is to go to war

  • @emil.jansson
    @emil.jansson 3 года назад +18

    The first 100 years are the thougest.

    • @insanity4082
      @insanity4082 3 года назад +2

      Yea for some reason it kills you.

  • @themultiplayer1
    @themultiplayer1 11 лет назад +509

    He survived all diseases, the Great War and World War II. For the reward, he gets to share his experiences and tell his amazing story of survival. What an incredible man he is!

    • @Jordan-vf6sn
      @Jordan-vf6sn 8 лет назад +9

      themultiplayer1 true too bad he passed away ):

    • @kirilll7806
      @kirilll7806 3 года назад +8

      He didnt survive corona

    • @alpha_male
      @alpha_male 3 года назад +1

      @@kirilll7806 lmao

    • @ok-rn2un
      @ok-rn2un 3 года назад +2

      @thotslayer says the guy with the name "thotslayer"

    • @tmg5338
      @tmg5338 3 года назад

      @thotslayer thotslayer = badass

  • @doomplague5758
    @doomplague5758 2 года назад +5

    Imagine being part of 1 of the most brutal and costly wars known to man, surviving, and then realizing long after your the only remaining one still alive out of everybody who had fought. Rest in peace.

  • @carltonbanks8251
    @carltonbanks8251 3 года назад +7

    This man saw so many things live that it is almost unimaginable:
    The German Empire, its collapse into the Weimar Republic, to its collapse with the Rise of Nazi Germany, followed by the Fall of Nazi Germany and the creation of the Federal Republic and the reunification of the two German states.
    The Russian Civil War, followed by the establishment of the Soviet Union, the Cold War tensions, slow collapse of the Soviets, creation of the Russian Federation. This man outlived every Soviet leader except Gorbachev.
    This man was alive through NINETEEN different Presidencies from McKinley (briefly after he was born) to Obama, seeing the transformation of a racially segregated country to a country that elected its first non-white President. He saw the entirety of the Civil Rights Movement and the abandoning of the Jim Crow laws too.
    He saw Britain turn from the biggest Empire in history to the Britain we know today.
    The entirety of the rapid change in the music industry happened in his lifetime, with the music of the 1910s in his childhood, through the rise of Rock n'Roll and the Beatlemania, all the way to the likes of Justin Bieber.
    This man was a gem that definitely had so much knowledge, some of which he might have never passed on.

    • @galaxyred7
      @galaxyred7 3 года назад

      Don’t forget he was alive just before the collapse of The Qing Dynasty as well....
      May his soul Rest In Peace 💚

  • @chrisd9237
    @chrisd9237 3 года назад +7

    Bruh this just fucking broke my heart seeing this on my recommended, he was 110 10 years ago and now he’s passed

  • @dannyzero692
    @dannyzero692 3 года назад +27

    He has lived through the deadliest and greatest century in the history of humankind, he straight up lived from going around in a horse carriage to dank memes on the internet

  • @sportyhits6275
    @sportyhits6275 Год назад +1

    Thank goodness for this man this is why we needed him and his best friends 🥹

  • @CommanderMcDuff
    @CommanderMcDuff 6 лет назад +8

    It must’ve been very sad and almost lonesome for him. He had to have sat there and thought about random times in the battlefield. To sit there and think that literally everyone else that was involved with one of the biggest parts of your life for years...is all dead. All of your friends, allies, officers, even the enemies, are all dead. Every person you’ve ever spoke to, saved, even as general as seeing someone. They’re all gone now.

  • @zacharywindover9840
    @zacharywindover9840 3 года назад +4

    This dude lived in what was one of the most revolutionary times in history. Seeing the first mass produced car, both world wars, the births and deaths of so many great and significant people and companies, the massive steps in technology. That’s crazy. May he Rest In Peace.

  • @smorgington
    @smorgington 8 лет назад +51

    Rest in Peace brother 🇺🇸

  • @Lichenroc
    @Lichenroc 3 года назад +4

    My great-grandpa served in the first world war as an American expeditionary soldier. He was born in 1890 and died in 1991.

    • @trench2624
      @trench2624 3 года назад +3

      Rip your great grandfather

  • @Mana-xo2yq
    @Mana-xo2yq 8 лет назад +6

    This touched me so much I started to cry

  • @Kingofportals
    @Kingofportals 3 года назад +4

    The sad thing is right now we are rapidly getting closer to loosing all of our World War II veterans, quick ask them about their lives before it is too late and they all pass on.