# Story Highlights # World War I veteran set sail on same ship used in rescue mission of Titanic # Frank Buckles honored by President Bush, Defense Secretary Robert Gates # Buckles was also held as civilian POW in the Philippines during World War II # He still has a tin cup he ate from for more than three years of captivity
"I didn't lie; nobody calls me a liar," he said with a chuckle, referring to how he became a soldier at just 15.
Speaking with a hushed, deep voice, he conceded, "I may have increased my age."
