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"PFC CLIFTON L. PUCKETT"
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Three Winds of Death
Bennett M. Guthrie
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Pfc Clifton L. Puckett,
.Infantry.. United States Army. For gallantry in action on
Corregidor, Philippine Islands, ...on 24 February
1945..
While withdrawing along Cape Corregidor, Company D became pinned down by
intense enemy rifle fire from insurmountable cliffs, Pfc Clifton L.
Puckett, although wounded, engaged the enemy in a firefight. He was
wounded a second time but continued to engage the enemy. A third and
ultimately fatal, wound caused Puckett to withdraw. For his Valor, he
was awarded the Silver Star.
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