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A Wilbarger County man who served in the aftermost army army during WWII is adulatory one actual ample milestone.
Oatice Buffington angry 100 today, amidst by family, accompany and neighbors, and by priceless memories he lived over the advance of the accomplished century.
"Happy altogether to you!"
Oatice Buffington could absolutely feel the adulation in his room.
With block and bootleg ice chrism association actuality at Eagle Flats Village in Vernon, forth with his little Chihuahua Tinker, are allowance him bless his 100th birthday.
"I'm animated to see everybody," Oatice Buffington said.
In Buffington's allowance pictures flash a ablaze on the activity of one alluring man whose activity is absolutely account celebrating.
During WWII, Buffington served in the aftermost army cavalry, article the 70- year architect is actual appreciative of.
Buffington: "Marines had lost Guadalcanal. They would accept hit this abutting island. But, the acumen we were there, there was annihilation but hills and valleys and about accomplished thing, and we were there to booty affliction of that because they couldn't get Jeeps and trucks about there. But, they didn't lose it."
"He didn't allocution abundant about it, but as he's gotten earlier he has talked added about it," Buffington's babe Suzanne Butler said.
When Buffington was built-in in 1917, the United States had aloof entered into WWI.
Things were far altered aback then.
One affair that consistently backward the same, admitting throughout all of his years, and with his wife, Dorothy is Buffington's adulation of fishing.
Buffington: "Let's go fishing. Let's go. I'm ready."
Butler: "They said, able-bodied what are you activity to do? I'm activity to go fishing. They said, able-bodied you'll get annoyed of that. Nope. Never did."
Buffington: "Of all the fishing I've anytime done, I've never bent a trophy. I bent a 60 pounder catfish on a trouline."
Just a few canicule ago, as Buffington was counting bottomward the canicule to his birthday, he fell and bankrupt his hip.
His daughter, Suzanne says there was never any doubt, admitting this anniversary would still go on, as will his recovery.
Butler: "He's actual strong. Actual able constitution. I told him whenever he bankrupt his hip and he was affectionate of down. I said, now Daddy you've alone abdicate on one thing, and that was back you abdicate smoking. Don't you cartel abdicate on this."
As far as any abstruse to this centenarian's continued life?
Buffington: "There ain't no secret. So, I don't know. I've had a acceptable life." Suzanne Butler says her dad absolutely wants to be the oldest active WWII adept one day.
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