Courtney Kruger, a U.S. soldier who was captured by the Japanese and then spent 3 1/2 years suffering as a prisoner, died Tuesday at the veterans hospital in Salt Lake City. He was 91. Kruger’s daughter, Connie M. Wright, said her father suffered from pulmonary fibrosis, caused by damage to lung tissue.
Courtney Kruger, Prisoner Of War In Japan, Dies In Utah At 91
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Fri, 08/01/2014 - 1:27pm
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