260390 1st Lt. Edwin W. Tucker US Army 12th Medical Regiment Medical Corps from:California After completing my tour of duty with the US Army in Germany in May 1975, I had the honor and pleasure of serving under Dr. Tucker from late 1975 to mid-1977, when I was working as a civilian counselor with the US Army's 5th General Hospital Drug and Alcohol Service in Bad Cannstatt, Germany. Dr. Tucker (also a civilian, but who was a WW2 veteran) was the Chief of Service and a well-known and highly regarded authority in the field of substance abuse treatment.
During one of our many conversations, I recall his telling me that he was serving as a young US Army doctor in the Philippines when the Japanese invaded in December 1941. He was taken prisoner at the surrender of US forces there in early April 1942, survived the infamous Bataan Death March to Camp O'Donnell, and was then transferred to the Hakodate POW Camp-Babai on Hokkaido Island, where he was held for the rest of the war.
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