"I was a snappy soldier."
-- Frank Buckles, the last World War I Doughboy, in a 2007 interview with USA Today. Buckles died yesterday at his home in Charles Town, W. Va.; he was 110, The New York Times says today.
Monday, February 28, 2011
USAT | Life on front line of 'war to end all wars'
-- Frank Buckles, the last World War I Doughboy, in a 2007 interview with USA Today. Buckles died yesterday at his home in Charles Town, W. Va.; he was 110, The New York Times says today.
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Craig Dubow - the last of the Gannett "Dough"boys?
ReplyDeleteDoubts.
I can not make the comparison of a WW I dough boy and Craid Dubow. How do you compare a soldier, man of honor and public servant to a CEO of a corporation that exhibits none of those characteristics?
ReplyDeleteWhen I first started in the business, there were still obits about Spanish American War vets! Not many, but some.
ReplyDeleteLike the actor who portrayed a Gambino boss one time: "This thing, this thing ours, it's only 10 minutes."