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This unique and insightful documentary tells the story of Frank W. Buckles – America's Last surviving Veteran of World War I. Through his experiences growing up in rural America, to his enlistment in "The War to End All Wars," to his WWII capture and imprisonment in a Japanese POW camp and eventual rescue from death, Pershing's Last Patriot is the true story of America's last witness to the First World War and brings the American twentieth century to life.