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Lt. John'Gets BronzeStar Medal PosthumouslyJAF LANDING SPOT BECOMES DEATH TRAPMANILA, June 23 (;T*i.~The precise ft pot where the Japanese first invaded the Philippines has become their death t »-ip.The Nipponese landed Dec. 10. 1341, at Aparri on the north tip of Luzon. Today Gen. Douglas Mac-Arthur disclosed that Aparri has hern recaptured in a surprise thrust which bottled up tlie last major ene-» First Lieutenant John Holt Walk, run of Mr. and Mrs. Sam H. Walk, lias been awarded the Bronze Star Medal posthumously.The award was made for meritorious achievement in connection with military operations against the enemy from October 22 to November 1,3344.Lieutenant Walk was reported missing in action December 10 in the Battle of the Belgian Bulge while he was serving with combat engineers. Later lie was reported killed in action January 14 while a prisoner of the Germans. A fellow officer informed the Walks their son was killed when Allied planes staged a Mealing attack on the train on which he was a prisoner.
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Del Rio News Herald
Del Rio, Texas, US
Sun, Jun 24, 1945
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