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Staff Sergeant Walter E. Wilson, born March 3, 1921, Pototoc County,
Oklahoma |
| Entered Active Duty: June 25th, 1942, Denison,
Texas |
| Radar Observer/Gunner 374th Bomb Squadron, 308th
Bomb Group (Heavy) |
| Killed in Action: October 9, 1944 near
the village
of Hsia-K'eng, China |
| Buried: National Memorial Cemetery of the
Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Purple Heart
and the Air Medal |
| Walter was a crewmember of
the B-24
"Red Hot Riding Hood" (tail number 44-40780) flying a mine-laying mission on the Yangtze
River. Aircraft was last seen near Hankow, in Central China. |
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| Letter
from Walter: |
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| Somewhere in China |
Feb. 44 |
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Dear Dad, |
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At last I can write you, I am
sorry that it has been so long, but you can see I am a long
ways off, and I couldn't write |
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on the way over. I can't tell you much about
myself only that I am in the 14 air force some where in China. |
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I don't know how long I will be over here, But it isn't as
bad as I had expected, so I guess I can take it. |
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Tell Lorain and Peggy hello for
me and I will write them soon, it will probably take some
time for mail to get through |
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but I will do the best I can. I
guess that is about all, so I will close. |
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P.S. if you can get a duplicate
of my Birth Certificate, and send it to my home address it
will be there in case any |
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thing happens to me, which won't
of course. it is 504 W. Owing St. Denison, Texas |
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Pictures (click on
image to enlarge)
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| O.J. Wilson (dad)
and Walter |
Walter and sister Peggy (June
1942) |
Walter (1943) |
Walter (1943) |
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| Letter from
Walter |
El Paso newspaper article on
Walter's being missing |
Mother's letter to Walter
returned |
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