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USS Walke (DD-723)
 
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Ship Book Quote:
  • "...Meanwhile, gunners on destroyer Walke (one of the minesweeper screens) battled four attackers.  They shot down two, but the wing of a third—a Zeke armed with a bomb—sliced into the bridge..." from At War With the Wind: The Epic Struggle with Japan's World War II Suicide Bombers.
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USS Walke (DD-723)

Official U.S. Navy Photo

USS Walke (DD-723) showing damage from 6 January 1945 attack

Photo courtesy of William (Bill) Rugh

John D. Caldwell

Photo courtesy of son Neal E. Caldwell

John D. Caldwell (kneeling, third from right)

Photo courtesy of son Neal E. Caldwell

George P. Ducousso w (KIA)

Photo courtesy of sister Linda Ducousso

Benjamin Edward Hall, Jr.

Photo courtesy of Ben Hall

Warren Kenneth Mathews w

Photo courtesy of daughter Cathy Moore.

Warren Kenneth Mathews (right) with unnamed best friend from ship

Photo courtesy of daughter Cathy Moore.

William (Bill) Rugh w

Photo courtesy of William (Bill) Rugh

 
Korean War Image Gallery (Click on image to see enlarged view.)

 

Herman Kuettle SN, Japan 1952 during Walke's second Korean War tour

photo courtesy of Herman Kuettle


 

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