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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Walter Francis Durbin

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Atoka, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE 4 DAYS AFTER THE JAPANESE SURPRISE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII ON DECEMBER 7, 1941. SERVED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER FOR 2 YEARS IN SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA. THEN SERVED 2 YEARS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER AT HICKAM FIELD IN HONOLULU, HAWAII IN THE INTELLIGENCE DEPARTMENT. HONORABLY DISCHARGED WITH THE RANK OF TECHNICAL SERGEANT AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.