May 2011
Last World War One Veteran Farewelled in Australia
A naval funeral service for the last World War One combat veteran takes place in Fremantle, Australia on Friday.The last World War One combat veteran, British-born Claude Choules, who died at 110-years-old, was laid to rest after a military...
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Saying Goodbye: America's Last Doughboy
by Ashley Bernardi, On Patrol America said farewell to its last Doughboy when former Army Corporal Frank Woodruff Buckles passed away February 27, 2011, in his Charles Town, West Virginia, home at the age of 110.Frank Woodruff BucklesFrank Woodruff BucklesBuckles...
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Missing German WWI U-boat Discovered
A Hydroid REMUS 100 AUV aided in the discovery of the World War I German submarine U-106, which had been missing since October 1917. The Royal Netherlands Navy (RNLN), which used the REMUS vehicle, located the missing submarine off...
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Last World War I combat vet dies in Australia
By KRISTEN GELINEAU(AP) SYDNEY - The last known combat veteran of World War I was defiant of the tolls of time, a centenarian who swam in the sea, twirled across dance floors, and published his first book at 108. He...
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Sponsorship sends KC's World War I Museum on the road
By MATT CAMPBELLThe Kansas City StarPhoto Courtesy of National World War I MuseumThe Liberty Memorial will receive a priceless windfall of national publicity at just the right time with the approach of the centennial of World War I.Waddell & Reed...
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