Jean-Marie Bockel (R), France?s Secretary of Veterans Affairs and Deputy Secretary of Defense, presents the Legion of Honor to Frank Buckles, 107, U.S. veteran of First World War combats in France, during an award ceremony at the French Embassy in Washington October 7, 2008. Buckles, the last surviving World War I veteran in the U.S., saved many French and American soldiers during his combats as ambulance corps driver. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas (UNITED STATES)