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Gov. honors Florida's last surviving World War I vet, 111
Sun-Sentinal.com ^
| 11/10/06
Posted on 11/10/2006 7:11:39 PM PST by llevrok
BRADENTON -- Ernest Charles Pusey, 111 years old and nattily attired in a dress shirt and light blue cardigan, smiled slightly when Gov. Jeb Bush walked in his trailer Friday and gave him a medal for helping win World War I.
Pusey _ his friends call him ``Ernie'' _ wasn't feeling too talkative but seemed to enjoy the hubbub surrounding the awarding of his World War I Victory Medal and a visit from the governor on the day before Veteran's Day.
``It looks pretty good, doesn't it?'' Bush said, placing the glass-encased medal on the table next to Pusey's recliner.
Pusey is indeed special. He's one of just 15 living World War I veterans _ out of nearly 5 million who served _ and the only one in Florida. He was in the U.S. Navy from 1917 to 1919 aboard the battleship USS Wyoming, which spent much of the war patrolling the sea lanes around the British Isles
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: military; veterans
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posted on
11/10/2006 7:11:40 PM PST
by
llevrok
To: Ping
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posted on
11/10/2006 7:12:50 PM PST
by
llevrok
(Re-deploy to Okinawa? Hell No! To IRAN !)
To: SandRat
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posted on
11/10/2006 7:13:25 PM PST
by
llevrok
(Re-deploy to Okinawa? Hell No! To IRAN !)
To: llevrok; Jet Jaguar; tomkow6; tongue-tied; SoldierDad; All
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posted on
11/10/2006 7:14:13 PM PST
by
SevenofNine
("Step aside Jefe"=Det Lennie Briscoe)
To: llevrok
DOB; 1895. This man has lived in three different centuries!
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posted on
11/10/2006 7:14:55 PM PST
by
umgud
(I love NASCAR as much as the Democrats hate Bush)
To: llevrok; 91B; HiJinx; Spiff; MJY1288; xzins; Calpernia; clintonh8r; TEXOKIE; windchime; ...
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posted on
11/10/2006 7:16:32 PM PST
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: llevrok
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posted on
11/10/2006 7:17:49 PM PST
by
SIDENET
(Everybody was kung-fu fighting)
To: llevrok
That war ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month and now this guy is 111.
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posted on
11/10/2006 7:20:04 PM PST
by
Nateman
To: llevrok
He looks really good for his age.
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posted on
11/10/2006 7:20:37 PM PST
by
Moonman62
(The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
To: Moonman62
He don't look a day over 90.
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posted on
11/10/2006 7:25:52 PM PST
by
Tribune7
To: Nateman
>>>>>"That war ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month and now this guy is 111"<<<<<
Now That is Cool!
TT
To: llevrok
Yeah, he doesn't look 111. He looks like he's 85, tops.
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posted on
11/10/2006 7:35:42 PM PST
by
Chewie84
To: devolve
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posted on
11/10/2006 8:30:27 PM PST
by
potlatch
(Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)
To: Nateman
I'm playing 111 in the lottery on Saturday, LOL.
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posted on
11/10/2006 8:42:56 PM PST
by
Ciexyz
(Satisfied owner of a 2007 Toyota Corolla.)
To: potlatch; PhilDragoo; ntnychik; MeekOneGOP; dixiechick2000
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posted on
11/10/2006 8:47:25 PM PST
by
devolve
( _notice_the_3(rd)_way_Klintonistas_on_FR?)
To: devolve
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posted on
11/10/2006 8:50:40 PM PST
by
potlatch
(Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)
To: Chewie84
Yeah, he doesn't look 111. He looks like he's 85, tops.He picks up a lot of "younger" chicks, I bet
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posted on
11/10/2006 8:54:34 PM PST
by
llevrok
(Re-deploy to Okinawa? Hell No! To IRAN !)
To: devolve
Ohhhhh...that's pretty.
What a nice tribute.
Thank you.
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posted on
11/10/2006 9:56:21 PM PST
by
dixiechick2000
(There ought to be one day-- just one-- when there is open season on senators. ~~ Will Rogers)
To: Tribune7
Did he have another nickname "Baby Face" when a vet?
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