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Carol
C.
Moore
POW (WWII)

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Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Corporal

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Philippine Islands & Japan)

    Action Date:

    May 6, 1942 – August 1945

    Corporal Carol C. Moore (ASN: 18001643), United States Army, was captured by the Japanese after the fall of Corregidor, Philippine Islands, on 6 May 1942, and was held as a Prisoner of War until returned to U.S. Military control at the end of hostilities in August 1945.

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Corporal

    Regiment:

    60th Coast Artillery Regiment (Antiaircraft)

    Action Date:

    World War II
    Headquarters, U.S. Forces, Pacific, General Orders No. 275 (1945)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Corporal Carol C. Moore (ASN: 18001643), United States Army, was awarded the Silver Star for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in connection with military operations against the enemy while serving with Battery I, 60th Coast Artillery Regiment (anti-aircraft), in the Philippine Islands in 1942, for rescuing material after the position was placed under heavy shell fire.