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The SAS in Occupied France: 1 SAS Operations, June to October 1944
By Gavin Mortimer
Carlson’s Marine Raiders: Makin Island 1942
By Gordon L. Rottman
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<blockquote data-quote="Craig Robertson" data-source="post: 62524" data-attributes="member: 6852"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Walker</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Anthony</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>4th Raider Battalion (Company )</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Captain</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>0-7286</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AWARD</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Silver Star</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PLACE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Bairoko Harbour, New Georgia, Solomon Islands, 20th July 1943</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>resided Washington, D.C.</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 24.02.1917, Baltimore, Maryland, USA</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>father John Read Walker</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>mother Virginia (nee McBlair) Walker</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1935 graduated Berkshire School</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1939 graduated Yale College</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1941 commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>WIA Bairoko, New Georgia</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>01.04.1945 - 15.06.1945 2nd Silver Star - Reconnaissance Company, HQ Bn, 6th Marine Div.</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>UN Observer Kashmir</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1971 retired as Colonel, 32 years service</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>awarded Legion of Merit</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>author of 2 books and numerous articles</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>12.04.1947 married Judith Ament (nee Davidson) Walker (1919-2014) (married 57 years)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>3 sons (William, Daniel & Andrew)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>died 05.11.2004 (Aged 87), Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Saint Mary's Episcopal Church Yard, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/a-walker-grave.38231/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/38/38231-caebabee08f5704c0a67d461cc8bdc39.jpg?1681389934" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
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