The last US veteran of World War I reports for the final roll call. You - and your comrades - may be gone, but you are not forgotten.
When I was a boy growing up in the 1960s, the old veterans at the Memorial Day parades were the World War I vets. There were quite a lot, even back then. Now the Vietnam vets are almost as old as those old soldiers were then.
This is a lovely song, and a truly bitter-sweet memorial, but the Borepatch clan does not ask "What are they marching for?" #1 Son and #2 Son know, and stand when the old veterans march by. If I'm lucky, I'll inherit the flag that draped Grandpa's coffin, as a WWI veteran.
Frank Buckles, in his own words:
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God bless you, Frank.
Detail, Atten-SHUN! Ready, FIRE. Ready, FIRE. Ready, FIRE. PreSENT, ARMS.
Thanks Mr. Patch.
I haven't heard that one for a long time.
It usually gets trotted out for Anzac Day in April.
There are no more. God bless them everyone.
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