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I Tried to Speak
Paul was born on April 14, 1945 to his parents,
Harold and Alice Buck in Indianapolis, Indiana. He is
the fourth of five children. He graduated from
Indianapolis Tech High School in 1964, and was
drafted into the army in October of 1965. Paul served
in Vietnam from May of 1966 to June of 1967, and got
out of the army in October 1967. He says that Vietnam
had a lasting effect on him, and many of his poems
are based on things he saw in the war.
Mr. Buck hired on with Trans World Airlines in
October of 1967, and worked for them in Indianapolis,
St. Louis, and later in Orlando, Florida. When
American Airlines bought out TWA, Paul worked for
American until his retirement.
Paul met his wife, Linda Toney, on a blind date in
1970, and eloped six weeks later. Paul and Linda
have two sons, Jason and Adam. They also have one
grandson and three granddaughters. Unfortunately,
Paul lost Linda to breast cancer in 2009. Losing Linda
hit him very hard, but he says that he is very grateful
for the 39 great years they had together.
Paul recently fought, and beat, stage 4 lung
cancer. He says the battle has taken a toll on his
energy level, but he is not about to give up. Mr. Buck
now resides in St. Cloud, Florida where he is a
member of the American Legion Post 80 in St. Cloud,
FL, and is a lifetime member of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars Post 4225 in Kissimmee, FL. He was
also a long time member and on the board of the
Military History Museum in Kissimmee before his
recent health problems kept him from doing his
volunteer work.
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