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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Walter E. Higgins

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Fort Worth, Texas

Honored By

A Grateful American

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Activity During WWII

CAPTAIN, PILOT, B-24 LIBERATOR 'COWTOWN'S REVENGE', 321ST SQUADRON (BOMBS AWAY), 90TH BOMB GROUP 'JOLLY ROGERS', 5TH AIR FORCE, SERVING IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. RETURNING FROM A BOMBING MISSION AGAINST JAPANESE CONVOY NEAR NEW BRITAIN, JANUARY 6, 1943, HIS PLANE WAS ATTACKED BY ENEMY FIGHTERS. DUE TO THE DAMAGE, HE HAD TO DITCH THE PLANE WEST OF KAWA ISLAND.