FRANK BUCKLES MEMORIAL Proposed World War I Memorial No Longer Bears Name Of Frank Buckles
Reported by: Associated Press
Web Producer: Jeff Morris
Reported: Dec. 21, 2012 11:24 AM EST
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Washington, D.C.
A bill that Sen. Jay Rockefeller twice introduced to create a World War I memorial in Washington, D.C., no longer bears the name of Frank Buckles, the West Virginia veteran who fought for it.
Buckles -- the last American doughboy -- died last year at 110. He lived on a farm in West Virginia.
Nor does the bill now call for a memorial on the National Mall. It's been amended to call only for creation of a centennial commission to consider how to commemorate the war.
The bill is now in the Senate Judiciary Committee, where Rockefeller has no seat. A spokesman says Rockefeller supports creation of the commission.
But chances are now slim that Buckles' original vision will survive.
Biographer David DeJonge said Buckles and his generation deserve recognition in D.C., and many Americans agree.
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