World War II Honoree

Harold W. Fluck

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Easton, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Audrey Fluck Carswell

Relationship

Niece

PRIVATE. INDUCTED APRIL 28, 1943. ASSIGNED TO HEAVY WEAPONS PLATOON WITH THE OKLAHOMA NATIONAL GUARD, 45TH INFANTRY DIVISION, 179TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, COMPANY L, 5TH ARMY, UNDER GENERAL MARK W. CLARK, DEPUTY COMMANDER ALLIED FORCES AND INVASION OF ITALY. 1943, ARRIVED NAPLES, ITALY; JANUARY 1944, BEACHHEAD AT ANZIO; FEBRUARY 1944, WOUNDED AND CAPTURED; DECLARED MISSING IN ACTION. 1944, REGISTERED WITH THE RED CROSS AS A PRISONER OF WAR. HE WAS IN 600-MILE MARCH. HELD AS CAPTIVE FOR 16 MONTHS IN STALAG VII, STALAG IIB, AND STALAG III. AWARDED PURPLE HEART, 2 SILVER STARS, PRISONER OF WAR MEDAL, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, COMBAT RIFLEMAN'S BADGE, MACHINE GUN MARKSMANSHIP MEDAL AND RIFLE MARKSMANSHIP MEDAL. RECEIVED AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE.