World War II Honoree

Robert T. Walter

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Muscatine, Iowa

Honored By

Julie and Randy Lear

Relationship

Friends

ENLISTED IN THE AIR CORPS AUGUST 26, 1942 AND WAS COMMISSIONED AT ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO ARMY AIR BASE SEPTEMBER 11, 1943. HE WAS STATIONED AT MOUNTAIN HOME, IDAHO AND TONOPAH, NEVADA BEFORE LEAVING LANGLEY FIELD, VIRGINIA FOR OVERSEAS SERVICE MARCH 7, 1944. HE WAS ON HIS 5TH MISSION WHEN HE WAS SHOT DOWN OVER GRAZ, AUSTRIA AND WAS HELD AS A PRISONER OF WAR FROM JUNE 4, 1944 UNTIL APRIL 29, 1945. AFTER HE WAS LIBERATED HE WENT BY PLANE FIRST TO VERDUN AND LATER TO LE HAVRE BEFORE THE RETURN VOYAGE TO THE UNITED STATES ON A TRANSPORT SHIP.