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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Walter K. Hancock

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Glouster, Massachusetts

Honored By

Friends of American Heroes

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Activity During WWII

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