Soldier boys: Pfc. Buck Fields of Port Charlotte (right) is pictured with his buddy Pfc. Charles Dalton They both grew up in Taylorstown, Pa., south of Pittsburgh, and went into World War II together. Click on any image to enlarge.
A small American flag hangs from the brick wall outside the front door of Buck Fields’ Port Charlotte home. It’s a manifestation of the former World War II infantryman’s love of the country he fought for so long ago.
He hit the beach at Normandy on D-Day plus two, June 8, 1944, with Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 38th Regiment, 2nd Division of Gen.Omar Bradley’s 1st Army. Fields was a member of a 10-man anti-tank gun squad. Read the rest of this entry »
