World War II Honoree

Walker K. Hancock

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Glouster, Massachusetts

Honored By

Friends of American Heroes

HE SERVED IN THE U.S. ARMY AS ONE OF THE 'MONUMENT MEN' WHO WERE CHARGED WITH RETRIEVING PRICELESS ART LOOTED BY THE NAZI’S. TOWARD THE END OF THE WAR HE WENT TO SIEGEN, GERMANY IN SEARCH OF THE ART AND HE LEARNED THAT THE TOWNSPEOPLE HAD BEEN LIVING IN CAVES WITH THE ART TREASURES.