Sgt. Charles Robert Quinn

Home: Mercer County, Kentucky

Parents: Robert Quinn & Carrie Steele-Quinn

Siblings: 3 brothers, 1 sister

Hometown: McAfee, Kentucky

Enlisted:

    - Kentucky National Guard

Inducted:

    - U. S. Army

        - 25 November 1940 - Harrodsburg, Kentucky

Training:

    - Fort Knox, Kentucky

    - Camp Polk, Louisiana

Tank Commander

Overseas Duty:

    - Philippine Islands

        - D Company attached to the 194th Tank Battalion 

         - D Company was never transferred to the battalion

Engagements: 

    - Battle of Luzon

        - 8 December 1941 - 6 January 1942 

    - Battle of Bataan

        - 7 January 1942 - 9 April 1942

            - escaped to Corregidor the night of 8 April 1942 

    - Battle of Corregidor

        - 9 April 1942 - 6 May 1942 

Prisoner of War:

    - 6 May 1942

POW Camps: 

    - Philippine Islands:

        - Cabanatuan

        - Nichols Airfield

            - POWs leveled mountain with picks and shovels to extend runways

        - Cabanatuan  

Liberated: 31 December 1944 - U. S. Rangers

    Note:

             - After the war, Charlie was asked to tour with John Wayne and Anthony Quinn on a

                promotional tour for the movie Back to Bataan.  He remained in the army until 1962.

             - After his time in the military, Charlie remained in California where he rose to became an

                officer in the Bank of America.  He would work for the bank in Salinas, California.

                Ironically, C Company of the 194th Tank Battalion was from Salinas.

Died: 8 November 1998 - Crescent City, California

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