Ken West and a picture of him that was taken the first day he arrived overseas for Operation Desert Storm.

SOUTH PARIS — It’s impossible to miss Gil Turner’s house. That’s not because of its unusual color, a light green, or because it has a pool in its fenced-in backyard. Rather, it’s distinguished by a tall pole on which an American flag snaps in the wind.

It’s fitting that Turner should have that flag flying high. The Buckfield native, who moved to South Paris in 1943, joined the Marines in March of 1953…

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