Question: Which First World War survivor was commemorated in a speech given by the 46th vice president in 2005?
Context: The presidency of Gerald Ford began on August 9, 1974, when Gerald Ford became President of the United States, and ended on January 20, 1977, a span of days.  Ford, the 38th United States president, succeeded Richard Nixon, who had resigned from office.  Prior to this he was the 40th Vice President of the United States, serving from 1973 until President Richard Nixon's resignation in 1974.  He was the first person appointed to the vice presidency under the terms of the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, following the resignation of Vice President Spiro Agnew on October 10, 1973.  Ford has the distinction of being the first, and to date the only person to have served as both vice president and president without being elected to either office. Richard Bruce Cheney ( ; born January 30, 1941) is an American politician and businessman who was the 46th Vice President of the United States from 2001 to 2009. Backseat is an upcoming biographical drama film written and directed by Adam McKay.  The film stars Christian Bale as 46th Vice President of the United States Dick Cheney.  Amy Adams, Steve Carell, Sam Rockwell and Bill Pullman are also set to star. The 29th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army.  First formed in 1915 for service during the First World War as part of the Australian Imperial Force (AIF), it fought in the trenches of the Western Front in France and Belgium before being disbanded in late 1918 to provide reinforcements for other heavily depleted Australian units.  In 1921, following the demobilisation of the AIF, the battalion was re-raised as a unit of Australia's part-time military forces, based in Melbourne, Victoria, before being amalgamated with the 22nd Battalion in 1930.  It was later re-raised in its own right and, following the outbreak of the Second World War, undertook garrison duties in Australia before being amalgamated with the 46th Battalion to form the 29th/46th Battalion in late 1942, subsequently seeing service against the Japanese in New Guinea and on New Britain. The 2008 State of the Union address was a speech given by United States President George W. Bush on Monday, January 28, 2008, at 9:00 p.m. EST to a joint session of Congress.  It was the last State of the Union Address of Bush's presidency.  The speech was delivered in the United States House of Representatives in the United States Capitol.  Sitting behind the president were the presiding officers of the United States Senate, Vice President Dick Cheney, and the United States House of Representatives, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The 2007 State of the Union address was a speech given by United States President George W. Bush on Tuesday, January 23, 2007, at 9:13 P.M. EST.  The speech was given in front of a joint session of Congress, presided over by Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi and Vice President Dick Cheney in his capacity as President of the Senate.  It was the first address to a Democratic-controlled Congress since 1994. Electoral history of Dick Cheney, 46th Vice President of the United States (2001–2009), 17th United States Secretary of Defense (1989–1993), United States Representative from Wyoming (1979–1989, including Minority Whip, 1989) and White House Chief of Staff (1975–1977) Howard Verne Ramsey (April 2, 1898 - February 22, 2007) was one of the last surviving veterans of the First World War in the United States.  Ramsey saw action in France during the war.  His story was told in a 2005 speech by Vice President Dick Cheney commemorating the 75th anniversary of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. The 2004 State of the Union Address was a speech given by President of the United States George W. Bush on Tuesday, January 20, 2004, to a joint session of the United States Congress.  This address was the last of President Bush's first term.  Standing behind the President were Vice President Dick Cheney and Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert.  The speech was given 28 months after the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center. The 46th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army.  Originally raised in 1916 for service during the First World War, the battalion served on the Western Front before being disbanded in 1919.  It was re-raised as a part-time unit of the Citizens Forces in 1921 and in 1927 adopted the title of the "Brighton Rifles", before becoming part of the Militia in 1929.  During the Second World War the 46th served in a garrison role before being amalgamated with the 29th Battalion in August 1942 to form the 29th/46th Battalion.
Answer: Howard Verne Ramsey