sentences:  For his service during World War I, Buckles received, from the United States government, the World War I Victory Medal and four Overseas Service Bars.He also qualified for the Army of Occupation of Germany Medal due to his postwar service in Europe during the year 1919, and received that medal after it was created in 1941.Buckles did not qualify for the Prisoner of War Medal, because he was a civilian at the time of his imprisonment by the Japanese.