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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Walter Peter Barlow

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Clinton, Massachusetts

Honored By

Christopher & Mary Harrigan

Relationship

Friends

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

SERVED MARCH 25, 1943 TO HONORABLE DISCHARGE SEPTEMBER 12, 1945 AS A RADIO OPERATOR. STATIONED AT YONTAN AIRFIELD, OKINAWA. UNDERWENT JAPANESE BOMBING AND STRAFING ATTACKS; APRIL TO JUNE, 1945. SURVIVED SHELLING FROM JAPANESE GUN POSITIONS AND REPELLED JAPANESE 'KAMIKAZE KORPS' SUICIDE AIRBORNE TROOP ATTACKS. WHILE ABOARD A SHIP DURING APRIL 1-10, 1945, UNDERWENT NUMEROUS SUICIDE PLANE ATTACKS.