World War II Honoree

George Thomas Walden

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

Relationship

Relationship Not Determined

ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE IN 1943, AND VOLUNTEERED FOR AIRBORNE DUTY. SERVED AS A DEMOLITION SPECIALIST DURING THE WAR. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER, IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO), IN FRANCE AND BELGIUM. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. CONTINUED IN U.S. ARMY SERVICE AFTER THE WAR UNTIL HONORABLY DISCHARGED WITH THE RANK OF CORPORAL. ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.