"It was great to see those guys," Modano said. "A lot of them were part of World War I, World War II, Vietnam; I mean these are guys who put their lives on the line for us and for our freedom. They sacrificed to give us what w have today in this country, so it was great to meet them and shake their hands."
http://redwings.nhl....vid=DL|DET|home (2nd news piece)
Awesome Modano quote regarding a recent visit with war veterans
Started by Detroit40oz, Feb 16 2011 11:26 AM
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Posted 16 February 2011 - 11:44 AM
haha nice call on the WWI. those guys must be about 110 years old.
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Posted 16 February 2011 - 12:17 PM
haha nice call on the WWI. those guys must be about 110 years old.
There's only one living American WWI veteran.
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Posted 16 February 2011 - 01:03 PM
There's only one living American WWI veteran.
A lot of him must have been at that recent visit.
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Posted 16 February 2011 - 01:10 PM
There's only one living American WWI veteran.
Yeah, and John McCain doesn't like visitors.
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Posted 16 February 2011 - 08:57 PM
Yeah, and John McCain doesn't like visitors.
BOOM!
Nice.
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Posted 16 February 2011 - 09:37 PM
So Hold mike was visiting old vets , he coulda just talked to chelli, he's civil war era.
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Posted 16 February 2011 - 10:13 PM
There's only one living American WWI veteran.
Only 3 overall worldwide- 2 from the UK, one from the US.
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Posted 17 February 2011 - 01:44 AM
Without checking, I think the UK's last WW1 veteran died last year....
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Posted 17 February 2011 - 02:26 AM
Frank Buckles, America's last WWI veteran, turned 110 on February 1st. He lives in West Virginia. His daughter reads all of his mail to him. On top of being a WWI vet, he was captured by the Japanese during WWII while he was working as a shipping company in the Philippines. He spent 3 years as their prisoner, living with captured soldiers in a POW camp.
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Posted 17 February 2011 - 08:43 AM
There are still two, both will turn 110 in the next week or so.Without checking, I think the UK's last WW1 veteran died last year....
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