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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Buck Turner

Hometown

Big Spring, Texas

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

SERVED IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER. TAKEN AS A PRISONER OF WAR (POW) BY THE JAPANESE AND HELD AT THE CABANATUAN POW CAMP IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. MORE THAN 2100 AMERICANS DIED IN THE CABANATUAN CAMPS DURING THE SUMMER OF 1942 FROM MALARIA, DYSENTERY, POOR SANITATION, MALNUTRITION AND STARVATION. SERVED ON BURIAL DETAILS HELPING TO CARRY AS MANY AS 40 BODIES A DAY TO MASS GRAVES. REPATRIATED, HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.