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

SERVED AS AERIAL BOMBARDIER/ COMBAT CREWMAN. INDUCTED AT FORT HARRISON, INDIANA. COMPLETED BASIC TRAINING WITH 9TH INFANTRY DIVISION, FORT SAM HOUSTON, TEXAS. SELECTED FOR AVIATION CADET TRAINING AT MIDLAND ARMY AIR BASE, TEXAS, THEN OFFICERS CANDIDATE SCHOOL WITH COMMISSIONING AT MOUNTAIN HOME ARMY AIR FIELD, IDAHO. ASSIGNED TO 11TH ANTI-SUBMARINE SQUADRON, 11TH BOMB GROUP, FORT DIX, NEW JERSEY. REASSIGNED OVERSEAS TO WHEELER FIELD, HAWAII WITH 26TH BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON (HEAVY), 11TH BOMB GROUP. MOVED TO 7TH ARMY AIR FORCE BASE, KWAJALEIN, MARSHALL ISLANDS. FLYING IN B-24 LIBERATOR 'MISS LAID' BOMBED JAPANESE HELD ISLANDS OF IWO JIMA, CHICHI-JIMA, HAHA-JIMA, TURK AND GUAM. LATER MISSIONS INCLUDED GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND OKINAWA. AWARDED DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS WITH 2 OAK LEAF CLUSTERS AND AIR MEDAL WITH 3 OAK LEAF CLUSTERS.