World War II Honoree

George Pearson Walker

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

East Orange, New Jersey

Honored By

Garrett T. & Judith A. Walker

Relationship

Son & Daughter-in-law

A NAVAL ACADEMY GRADUATE (1934), SERVED AS GROUND SCHOOL INSTRUCTOR AND BATTALION COMMANDER AT THE JACKSONVILLE NAVAL AIR STATION UNTIL AUGUST 1942, WHEN HE JOINED THE PA 71, LYON, AS NAVIGATOR. WHILE ABOARD THE LYON HE PARTICIPATED IN THE INITIAL LANDINGS IN NORTH AFRICA, SICILY, SALERNO AND SOUTHERN FRANCE. HE LEFT THE LYON IN 1944 ON ORDERS TO THE PRENTISS KA-102 AS COMMANDING OFFICER. HE PARTICIPATED IN THE LAST STAGES OF THE OKINAWA CAMPAIGN AND THEN ENGAGED IN VARIOUS OPERATIONS IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC AND WESTERN AUSTRALIA DURING THE FOLD-UP OF BASES THERE AFTER THE CLOSE OF THE WAR. IN 1946, HE RETIRED AS A COMMANDER.