Dwayne R: What former football player and soldier died of starvation and disease in a Japanese prison camp in 1943?
*Was an All-American football player at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York. He played at the tackle and halfback positions on the academy’s football team from 1899-1902.
*He served in the U.S. Army for 40 years and was in command of the coastal artillery forces in the Battle of Corregidor.
*On the fall of Corregidor, he was captured by the Japanese. He died of starvation and disease in a Japanese prison camp in 1943 after losing 70 pounds.
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Answer by Vet’s Daughter
Paul Bunker.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bunker
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