Hero Card 292, Card Pack 25 [pending]
Artist’s rendering by Craig Du Mez, from original photos

Hometown: Mazomanie, WI
Branch: 
U.S. Army (Air Forces)
Unit: 
14th Bomber Squadron, 7th Bomber Group (Heavy)
Military Honors: Prisonor of War Medal, Purple Heart
Date of Sacrifice: 
April 15, 1943 - KIA in Tokyo, Japan, POW camp 
Age: 
22
Conflict: 
World War II, 1939-1945

Story text pending…

Sources
Artist’s rendering by
Craig Du Mez, from original photos
Greening-Buelow American Legion Post 437:
American Legion Post #437 Honors Mazomanie WWII Hero
Wisconsin State Journal, July 28, 1943:
Prisoner in Japan Writes to Father in Mazomanie
Wisconsin State Journal, August 9, 1943:
Harlan Buelow, Mazomanie, Dies in Tokyo Prison Camp
The Capital Times, Aug. 7, 1943:
Mazo Athlete, Prisoner, Dies
U.S. Army Airborne & Special Operations Museum:
What Happened During the Battle of Corregidor?
HonorStates.org:
Harlan G Buelow
Burial Site:
Find a Grave


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