I sent this to another group today.  I thought you might enjoy it. ---------------------------------------------- It has been 71 years.    A 21 year old at Pearl Harbor in 1941 would be 92 now.   Frank Buckles (February 1, 1901 – February 27, 2011) the longest surviving American veteran of WW I died at 110 in WV. Two of my high school classmates had contact with him.  One was through their church and the other through their real estate firm  (his wife worked there).  My class of 62 celebrated our 50 anniversary this summer.  The Civil War (1861-1865) was only 150 years ago.  That brings big numbers like these into perspective.     I thought that an Aussie, two Brits and a Frenchman outlived Buckles by a few weeks or months.  Wikipedia says that only a Brit female mess steward outlived Buckles and by less than a year.   My friends said that Buckles drove his car until he was 100 and drove his tractor until he was 105.  He was not in combat but drove ambulances and motorcycles.  Dave Kuhl 210 Glen Eagles Drive Ocean Springs, MS 39564-9041 e-mail: dbkuhl@bellsouth.net