World War I Vet Welcomes Celebrity of His Generation [Image 2 of 2]

WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES

03.06.2008

Courtesy Photo

Office of the Secretary of Defense Public Affairs           

Frank Woodruff Buckles as featured in photographer David DeJonge's American Survivors of World War I portrait exhibit. Dejonge donated the exhibit, which features nine American World War I veterans, to the Pentagon. Buckles, who is 107 and attended the March 6 unveiling ceremony at the Pentagon, is one of two of the featured veterans who is still living. He left the Army as a corporal in 1920 after serving as an ambulance driver in England and France.

• Date Taken: 03.06.2008
• Date Posted: 11.05.2011 13:58
• Photo ID: 79615
• VIRIN: 080307-O-9999D-002
• Resolution: 640x352
• Size: 112.03 KB
• Location: WASHINGTON, DC, US