World War II Honoree

Albert Edwin Puckett

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Wellington, Missouri

Honored By

VFW Post 11242

HE WAS IN SHANGHAI, CHINA, 4TH MARINE REGIMENT FOR 2 YEARS THEN HE WAS SENT TO CAVATE NAVAL BASE IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. THE BASE WAS HEAVILY BOMBED AND THEY HAD TO FIGHT A REAR GUARD BACK TO BATAAN. FROM THERE HE WAS MOVED TO CORREGIDOR ISLAND AND FOUGHT UNTIL MAY 6, 1942 WHEN THE UNIT SURRENDERED AND HE BECAME A PRISONER OF WAR FOR 39 MONTHS UNTIL THE JAPANESE SURRENDER. HE WAS IMPRISONED IN PRISONER OF WAR CAMPS BILLBID, CABANATUAN AND FINALLY PUT ON THE HELL SHIP TO NAGOYA #6B IN TAKAOKA, JAPAN. HE WAS FORCED TO WORK IN A STEEL MILL SHOVELING IRON ORE INTO A BLAST FURNACE UNTIL HIS RELEASE 6 SEPTEMBER 1945.