Last US veteran of WWI dies
The last US veteran of World War I has died aged 110.
Frank Buckles lied about his age to join the army in 1917, when the US entered the war that April.
He also survived three years in a Japanese prisoner of war camp.
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SUBSCRIBEThe last US veteran of World War I has died aged 110.
Frank Buckles lied about his age to join the army in 1917, when the US entered the war that April.
He also survived three years in a Japanese prisoner of war camp.
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