Frank Woodruff Buckles was a United States Army corporal and the last surviving American military veteran of World War I. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1917 aged 16 and served with a detachment from Fort Riley, driving ambulances and motorcycles near the front lines in Europe.
Buckles on March 6, 2008
Frank Buckles upon his national service recruitment age 16 in 1917
A belt buckle similar to the one given to Buckles by a German prisoner in 1918
Buckles' future home, Gap View Farm, in the 1930s
Fort Riley is a United States Army installation located in North Central Kansas, on the Kansas River, also known as the Kaw, between Junction City and Manhattan. The Fort Riley Military Reservation covers 101,733 acres (41,170 ha) in Geary and Riley counties. The portion of the fort that contains housing development is part of the Fort Riley census-designated place, with a residential population of 7,761 as of the 2010 census. The fort has a daytime population of nearly 25,000. The ZIP Code is 66442.
Soldiers from Fort Riley ill with Spanish influenza at a hospital ward at Camp Funston, Kansas, in 1918.
Ian Field, 7, stands with his squad during a farewell award ceremony April 15, 2011, at Barlow Theater on Fort Riley. The Soldiers of the 1st Infantry Division worked with the Make-A-Wish Foundation to grant Ian's wish to become a soldier
7th Field Artillerymen fire "Old Glory", a replica of a Civil War field piece, at a 2012 ceremony at Fort Riley.
