World War II Honoree

Irene Walters

Hometown

Patchogue, New York

Honored By

Friends of American Heroes

ONE OF ONLY A FEW AMERICAN CITIZENS WHO CLOSELY LISTENED, ON SHORT-WAVE RADIO, TO BROADCASTS OF “AXIS SALLY”, A GERMAN PROPAGANDIST, WAITING FOR INFORMATION ABOUT SOLDIERS AND AIRMEN TAKEN PRISONER BY THE GERMANS. SHE THEN RELAYED THE INFORMATION TO THE FAMILIES OF THOSE PRISONERS OF WAR, MANY OF WHOM WERE LISTED AS MISSING IN ACTION OR DEAD, AND MANY TIMES, WEEKS OR MONTHS BEFORE NOTIFICATION BY THE MILITARY THAT THEY HAD BEEN TAKEN PRISONER.