{"id":56998,"date":"2016-05-05T16:00:46","date_gmt":"2016-05-05T20:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=56998"},"modified":"2016-05-05T16:00:46","modified_gmt":"2023-08-19T15:55:20","slug":"oldest-veteran-dies-110","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/oldest-veteran-dies-110\/","title":{"rendered":"Oldest Living Veteran Dies at 110"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Until he died earlier this week at the impressive age of 110, Frank Livingston was both the oldest living\u00a0man and veteran in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Livingston was born in North Carolina on Nov. 13, 1905. \u00a0He enlisted\u00a0in the U.S. Army in 1942, and served as a private during WWII.<\/p>\n<p>Livingston was part of the Allied invasion of Italy in 1943. \u00a0 He was honorably discharged in 1945.<\/p>\n<p>During a birthday celebration last year, Livingston was asked about his service and about how long he may live.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I can remember the day I was inducted in the Army until the day I was discharged,&#8221; he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kplctv.com\/story\/30478799\/oldest-world-war-ii-veteran-turning-110?clienttype=generic\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"oldest-veteran-dies-110\" title=\"Oldest Living Veteran Dies at 110\">said in November 2015<\/a>. &#8220;I&#8217;ve been through so many dangerous things and I&#8217;m still here. I&#8217;m thankful to the almighty God for it. That&#8217;s all I can say.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Though he didn&#8217;t have a lot of formal education, Livingston shared one of the secrets to living a fulfilling\u00a0life.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Be honest. That goes a long ways,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Amen. \u00a0May he RIP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Until he died earlier this week at the impressive age of 110, Frank Livingston was both the oldest living man and veteran in the United States.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":56999,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,25,243,216,240],"tags":[132,335,607],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-56998","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gunsamerica-authors","8":"category-current-events","9":"category-military","10":"category-s-h-blannelberry","11":"category-this-week","12":"tag-buzz","13":"tag-military","14":"tag-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Oldest Living Veteran Dies at 110<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Until he died earlier this week at the impressive age of 110, Frank Livingston was both the oldest living man and veteran in the United States.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/oldest-veteran-dies-110\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Oldest Living Veteran Dies at 110\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Until he died earlier this week at the impressive age of 110, Frank Livingston was both the oldest living man and veteran in the United States.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/oldest-veteran-dies-110\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gun Reviews and News | GunsAmerica.com\/Digest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gunsamerica\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-05-05T20:00:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-08-19T15:55:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Vet.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"S.H. 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