Awesome Modano quote regarding a recent visit with war veterans

[Detroit40oz 21]

"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)

[Din758 371]

haha nice call on the WWI. those guys must be about 110 years old.

[Guest Crymson]

haha nice call on the WWI. those guys must be about 110 years old.

There's only one living American WWI veteran.

[hooon 1,089]

There's only one living American WWI veteran.

A lot of him must have been at that recent visit.

[Drake_Marcus 890]

There's only one living American WWI veteran.

Yeah, and John McCain doesn't like visitors.

BOOM!

[Wings_Dynasty 267]

Yeah, and John McCain doesn't like visitors.

BOOM!

Nice.

[saven 48]

So Hold mike was visiting old vets , he coulda just talked to chelli, he's civil war era.

[Casey 145]

There's only one living American WWI veteran.

Only 3 overall worldwide- 2 from the UK, one from the US.

[Nev 1,085]

Without checking, I think the UK's last WW1 veteran died last year....

[tsudzy 2]

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.

[toby91_ca 620]

Without checking, I think the UK's last WW1 veteran died last year....

There are still two, both will turn 110 in the next week or so.