In 5 years, no World War II veterans?

According to statistics released by the Veterans Administration, World War II veterans are dying at a rate of approximately 492 a day.

This means there are approximately only 855,070 veterans remaining of the 16 million who served our nation in World War II.

Boy, do we owe those veterans a HUGE debt.

If they and millions of others who fought Hitler’s insanity hadn’t prevailed, I would have had to write:

Junge, tun wir die Veteranen einen riesigen Schuldenberg zu verdanken.

If 492 a day on average keep dying, then the last World War II veteran will die in less than 5 years.

God bless them all.

Frank Buckles

Living WW2 veterans at 697,806  
with 430 dying every day

West Virginia farmer was last WW1 veteran to die

Buckles in WW1

Of the 16.1 million who fought for America in World War II, 697,806 are alive, but 430 die every day.

The last World War I veteran to die, Frank Buckles, a Charles Town, West Virginia farmer who was born in Missouri, was 110 in 2011 when he was buried at Arlington National Cemetery with President Barack Obama paying his respects.

Frank enlisted at 16 and drove ambulances for the Army in Europe.

Buckles was born in Bethany, Missouri on Feb. 1, 1901.