World War II Honoree

Chauncey L. Walker

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Trafalger, Indiana

Honored By

Mary Roslyn Walker

Relationship

Wife

FIRST LIEUTENANT, AERIAL BOMBARDIER/COMBAT CREWMAN. INDUCTED AT FORT HARRISON, INDIANA, AND COMPLETED BASIC TRAINING WITH THE 9TH INFANTRY DIVISION, FORT SAM HOUSTON, TEXAS. SELECTED FOR AVIATION CADET TRAINING AT MIDLAND ARMY AIR BASE, TEXAS, THEN OFFICER'S TRAINING (OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL) WITH COMMISSIONING AT MOUNTAIN HOME ARMY AIR FIELD, IDAHO. ASSIGNED TO THE 11TH ANTI-SUBMARINE SQUADRON, 11TH BOMB GROUP, FORT DIX AIR BASE, NEW JERSEY. REASSIGNED OVERSEAS TO WHEELER FIELD, HAWAII, WITH THE 26TH BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON (HEAVY), 11TH BOMB GROUP; THEN MOVED TO THE 7TH ARMY AIR FORCE BASE, KWAJALEIN, MARSHALL ISLANDS. FLYING FROM HERE IN THE B-24 LIBERATOR 'MISS LAID' BOMBED THE JAPANESE HELD ISLANDS OF IWO JIMA, CHICHI-JIMA, HAHA-JIMA, TURK, AND GUAM. LATER MISSIONS INCLUDED GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND OKINAWA. AWARDED THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS WITH TWO OAK LEAF CLUSTERS AND THE AIR MEDAL WITH THREE OAK LEAF CLUSTERS.