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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Thomas W. Walker

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Mansfield, Ohio

Honored By

An Indebted American

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

ENLISTED IN OCTOBER 1942. BASIC TRAINING AT PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA. LEFT NORFOLK, VIRGINIA ABOARD THE SHIP HENRY T. ALLEN. TRAVELED THROUGH THE PANAMA CANAL TO THE SOUTH PACIFIC. JOINED THE FIRST MARINES RAIDER BATTALION COMPANY C-6 MARINE DIVISION IN 1943. SERVED IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATRE OF OPERATIONS UNTIL 1945. RECIPIENT OF FOUR BATTLE STARS FOR ACTION IN NEW GEORGIA, EMIRAU, GUAM, AND OKINAWA. RETURNED HOME ON OCTOBER 11, 1945 WITH THE SIXTH MARINE DIVISION AFTER ACTION IN OKINAWA AND THE SURRENDER OF JAPAN.