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Walker AFB Marker Honors WWII Hero and Roswell Legacy
A Roswell marker dedicates General Kenneth Walker Day at the site of the former Roswell Army Air Field later Roswell International Air Center. Walker, missing in action 1943 over Papua New Guinea, earned the Medal of Honor posthumously. The marker recalls Cold War SAC basing, Enola Gay, and local aviation history.
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Roswell
Kenneth Newton Walker
Roswell Army Air Field
Kenneth Walker
U.S. Amy
Walker
Pacific Theater
Papua
New Guinea
Franklin D. Roosevelt
U.S. Air Force
Strategic Air Command
Roswell Field
Los Cerrillos
Walker Afb
Douglas Walker
Museum Foundation
Roswell International Air Center
Hiroshima
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Los Alamos
Alamogordo
Jeff Pappas
Toric
Alan Eustace
Southwest
Nmdot District Two
State Historic Preservation Division
Cultural Properties Review Committee