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<p>This Veteran’s Day 2010 prods us to remember the valor of an estimated 24.9 million Americans who, at some time during their lives: “wrote blank checks to Uncle Sam vowing to serve wherever and however ordered.”&nbsp;</p>
<p>The time, location, and conditions were announced later and the commitments faithfully fulfilled.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Charles Buckles is the only surviving World-War I veteran.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>