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<em>Karol Anthony Bauer</em> was born in New Haven, Connecticut, on 13 January 1913, and look the oath as cadet, United States Military Academy, on 1 July 1932, having already had service as an Army enlisted man. On his graduation leave, in the summer of 1936, he enrolled voluntarily, and at his own expense, in the U.S. Army Finance School in Washington and successfully completed the Special Officers Course in Accounting for Money and Propert. A “doughboy” by instinct and choice, he reported to his first permanent assignment with the noted 26th Infantry Regiment, Plattsburg Barracks. He served there, at Pine Camp, New York, and at Camp Perry, Ohio, until September 1939. After serving for a brief time as Provost Marshal, Fort Ord, California, he embarked for the Philippines and was there assigned to the 45th Infantry (Philippine Scouts). War struck while he was with that fine regiment. He was captured during its operations. On 15 December 1944 he was killed in action when the Japanese Prisoner of War Ship SS Oryaku Maru was sunk in Subic Bay, Luzon. Kari, a major at the time of his death, was awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart (posthumously).</p>