Pershing’s Last Patriot.

Name: Pershing’s Last Patriot
Director: David J. DeJonge

A feature documentary about Frank Woodruff Buckles, the last surviving American veteran of World War I, and the struggle to honor his generation. Directed, co-written, and executive produced by David J. DeJonge.

Feature documentary · 1 hr. 33 min.

Pershing’s Last Patriot

The life of Frank Woodruff Buckles—and the struggle over how the United States would remember his generation.

David extended the portrait and oral-history work into this feature documentary. Public film credits identify him as director, co-writer, and executive producer; Richard Thomas introduces the film.

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IMDb credits ↗ PBS/WGVU making-of feature ↗ Creekwood education program ↗ Campaign film archive ↗

Historic American flags arranged throughout an old wooden barn for the opening of Pershing’s Last Patriot — **Building the visual world of the film.**The flag-lined barn set created for the opening of *Pershing’s Last Patriot*.

Cinema camera on a slider filming David DeJonge as he works among the flags in the barn — **Behind the frame.**David at work while the opening sequence was filmed.

Pershing’s Last Patriot projected during a nighttime screening at Flanders House in New York City, with the Empire State Building visible beyond the windows — **The film entered an international room.***Pershing’s Last Patriot* screened at Flanders House in the New York Times Building, New York City, with the Empire State Building illuminated beyond the windows.

From the screen to the classroom.

The traveling portrait project became a civic-education program. At Creekwood Middle School in Humble, Texas, students studied the war across subjects, created an exhibition, raised approximately $14,000, traveled to meet Frank Buckles, and entered the national discussion over commemoration. Students in Naperville, Illinois, later built their own large-scale exhibition in collaboration with the project.