From the article by the same name by Richard Rubin in the May 30th Parade Magazine.
Back in 2003, Richard Rubin wanted to get in contact with a few remaining veterans, but even the Department of Veterans Affairs didn't even seem to know how many there were, much less where they were.
He eventually found more than thirty on his own.
Among them was "LAURENCE MOFFITT, a corporal in the 26th Division who spent his 21st birthday hunkering down in a rotten trench; BILL LAKE, a machine gunner whose good friend was killed by a German sniper as they were chatting; ANTHONY PIERRO, an Italian immigrant who survived three fierce battles, and GEORGE BRIANT, a Cajun artilleryman who saw many of the men in his battery killed on the very last night of the war."
All of these are interesting stories, but war definitely has interesting and horrible stories.
And now, our last Doughboy, Mr. Frank Buckles, believes the time has come for a national memorial. He has my support. --DaCoot
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