World War II Honoree

Walter H. Dunlap

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Dallas, Texas

Honored By

Walter H. Dunlap, Jr. & Charles L. Dunlap

Relationship

Sons

CAPTAIN WALTER H. DUNLAP SERVED IN THE G-4 TRANSPORTATION SECTION OF HEADQUARTERS, THIRD U.S. ARMY FROM JANUARY 1944 WHEN HE DEPARTED FROM FORT SAM HOUSTON, TEXAS UNTIL HIS RETURN TO THE UNITED STATES IN SEPTEMBER, 1945. FROM MARCH THROUGH JUNE, 1944, CAPTAIN DUNLAP TRAVELLED EXTENSIVELY THROUGHOUT GREAT BRITAIN, PARTICIPATING IN THE PLANNING PHASES OF THIRD ARMY'S ANTICIPATED PARTICIPATION IN THE WAR. TOGETHER WITH OTHER ELEMENTS OF THE FORWARD ECHELON OF HEADQUARTERS, HE ENTERED FRANCE VIA UTAH BEACH ON JULY 7, 1944. FROM AUGUST 1, WHEN THIRD ARMY BECAME OPERATIONAL, UNTIL GERMANY'S SURRENDER, CAPTAIN DUNLAP'S PRINCIPAL DUTIES INCLUDED PLANNING AND COORDINATING ALL OF THE TRUCK MOVEMENTS OF MEN AND MATERIEL THROUGHOUT THIRD ARMY'S THEATER OF OPERATIONS. FOR HIS EXTRAORDINARY EFFORT DURING SEPTEMBER, 1944, THE COMMANDING GENERAL OF THE THIRD U.S. ARMY DECORATED CAPTAIN DUNLAP WITH THE BRONZE STAR. FOLLOWING CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES, THEN MAJOR DUNLAP SERVED WITH THE OCCUPATION FORCES UNTIL HIS RETURN TO THE UNITED STATES IN SEPTEMBER, 1944.