The Maui News / COLLEEN UECHI photos WAILUKU — On Oct. 16, 1952, Warren Nishida was hunkered down in a foxhole on a Korean hillside when a mortar shell struck him in the shoulder. Badly injured ...
Puckett died on April 8 at the age of 97. A Medal of Honor recipient for his actions in November 1950 on a Korean hillside, Puckett was the last of 147 surviving Korean War Medal of Honor recipients.