World War II Honoree

John Marion Walker

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Los Angeles, California

Honored By

Carolyn Hardeman Walker

Relationship

Wife

FOUGHT IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. BECAME A PRISONER OF WAR UNTIL THE SURRENDER OF THE JAPANESE. SURVIVED BATAAN DEATH MARCH, O'DONNELL PRISON CAMP, CABANATUAN PRISON CAMP, AND WAS FINALLY TRANSFERRED TO PRISON CAMP WAKASEN IN JAPAN TO WORK A LEAD AND ZINC MINE OWNED BY MITSUBISHI STEEL CORPORATION UNTIL THE END OF THE WAR.