Flags at Half Staff in Honor of American WWI Veterans

(Lincoln, Neb.) Flags across the nation will fly at Half staff Tuesday, March 15. In response to a proclamation signed by the President, Gov. Dave Heineman reminded Nebraskans to fly state and U.S. flags at half-staff tomorrow to honor and remember Army Corporal Frank Buckles, the last surviving American veteran of World War I. Frank was born on February 1, 1901. At the age of 16, he witnessed the European theatre of World War I, serving in the United States Army as an ambulance driver. In World War II, he became a Prisoner of War in the Philippines and was imprisoned for 39 months. After his return, Frank settled down in West Virginia to his humble farm, where he lived until his death on February 27, 2011, at the age of 110. .