When Frank Woodruff Buckles passed away at the age of 110, he was considered the last living American Doughboy of World War I.
Although the Missouri indigenous never ever obtained the chance to eliminate Germans in between 1914 as well as 1918, Buckles would certainly experience the scaries of ending up being a noncombatant detainee of the Japanese throughout WWII.
Buckles was a relative to Melissa Hill, a neighborhood chronicler as well as Past Regent for the Joseph Hart Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
As the visitor audio speaker throughout the National POW/MIA Recognition Day occasion, Hill will certainly chat much more regarding her prominent loved one when the program obtains underway at 6:30 p.m. on Friday,Sept 15 at the Bartholomew County Memorial for Veterans.
Besides Hill’s keynote address, the POW/MIA Recognition Day will certainly likewise include singing efficiencies by Pastor Harvey Leggett, a previous Marine, as well as the Columbus Indiana Children’s …