Buckles, Frank Woodruff, 1901-2011
Person
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Frank Buckles Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4307
Scope and Contents
Papers of Frank Woodruff Buckles (born Wood Buckles, February 1, 1901 - February 27, 2011), a United States Army corporal and the last surviving American military veteran of World War I. During World War II, he was captured by Japanese forces in the Philippines as a civilian prisoner. After the war, Buckles married in San Francisco and moved to Gap View Farm near Charles Town, West Virginia, where he worked until age 105. Collection includes incoming correspondence, photographs, military...
Dates:
1900-2006; Majority of material found within ca. 1940s-1990s