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Happy 100th Birthday Augustus "Buck" Hunton

Aug 19, 2018 at 09:10 am by Bryan Barrett


TVHS celebrated the 100th birthday of one of our nation's heroes today.

Augustus "Buck" Hunton was born 8/18/1918. Mr. Hunton is from Kentucky. He joined the Army in February 1941, several months before the U.S. entered WWII. He was assigned to the 1st Armored Division and served as a tank mechanic in Africa during the war. After his separation from the Army in 1946, Mr. Hunton continued his work as a mechanic.

Mr. Hunton's care team threw him a party to celebrate his 100th birthday this morning.

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