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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Walter Palmer

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

New York, New York

Honored By

Friends of American Heroes

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

HE FLEW 158 MISSIONS OVER ITALY AND GERMANY DURING THE WAR. THE ALL-BLACK TUSKEGEE 99TH FIGHTER GROUP WAS FORMED IN 1941 AND TRAINED IN TUSKEGEE, ALABAMA. HE WAS 21 WHEN HE BECAME AN AIRMAN IN JUNE 1943. AN EYE INJURY IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT ENDED HIS MILITARY CAREER.