GEORGE C. MARSHALL RESEARCH FOUNDATION COLLECTION SUMMARY SHEET
COLLECTION: WALTON H. WALKER COLLECTION 11134 ACCESSION NUMBER: 89-8 DONOR: General Sam Sims Walker DATE OF GIFT: January 15, 1989 SIZE: 38 boxes
INCLUSIVE DATES: T~12~195(:t;~J)ut:mosEly World War II
BIOGRAPHICAL AND SUBJECT SUMMARY: Walton Walker was born in 1889 in Belton, Texas and graduated from West Point in 1912. His assignments and promotions are docu mented in the States, and the major portion of this collection consists of XX Army Corps and 3rd A1'my operations in Europe, 1944-1945. Included is correspondence, photographs, maps, printed materials and extensive coverage of XX Corps activities including After-Action Reports.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION AND ARRANGEMENT: Material is grouped by series and arranged in chronological order. Included are photographs, after-action reports, combat and training events, scrapbooks, etc. There is some personal corres pondence, but this is small in size.
RESTRICTIONS: None LOCATIONS: Vault, upstairs COLLECTION REGISTER AVAILABLE: Yes SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
The Walton Walker Collection covers the years 1912-1950, from when Walker was a West Point Cadet, until his death in Korea. It consists of several series: Correspondence, official documents, photographs, maps, scrapbooks, and printed materials. The material is grouped by series, and arranged in chronological order within each series. There is also some separated material (scrapbooks and oversized) that is catalogued with the collection as well.
The bulk of the material covers the XX Corps and the European Theater of Operations in World War II. There is some miscellaneous correspondence, but on the whole, personal correspondence is thin. The printed materials range over the whole of Walker's career, from West Point memorabilia to contemporary news accounts of action in Korea. The scrapbook collection covers this span as well. Also present are newspapers, magazines, miscellaneous memorabilia, and two boxes of artifacts, mostly flags, from Walker's career.
Of particular interest to the researcher is the extensive amount of photographs embodied in the Walk.er Collection. There are over 1,100 European Theater of Operations photos arranged by date and city. Also represented are all of Walker's post-WWII assignments, and there are some from the Korean fronts as well. There are numerous photographs of many important military figures of this period, including George C. Marshall, Dwight D. Eisenhower, George Patton, Douglas MacArthur, Chester Nimitz, Omar Bradley, J. Lawton Collins, and Louis Johnson, among others. The total number of photographs approaches 4,000.
There is also a wealth of material concerning the XX Corps and 3rd Army operations in Europe, 1944-5. Examples include after action reports from the battalion to Army level, operational maps, command post documents, printed unit histories, and manuscript accounts of combat and training events. CHRONOLOGY
1889 December 2--Walker born in Belton, TX
1912 graduates from West Point, commissioned as Second Lieutenant
1914 participates in the Vera Cruz expedition under General Funston
1916 promoted to First Lieutenant
1917 promoted to Captain organizes 2nd BN of 57th Infantry (only officer in unit) organizes Co.A of 13th Machine Gun BN
1918 sent to France with the 13th Machine Gun BN promoted to Major (temp.)
1919 promoted to Lieutenat Colonel (temp.) returns to U.S., reverts to prewar rank of Captain
1920 enrolls in the Field Artillery School, Ft. Sill, OK
1923 becomes Tactical Officer at West Point
1925 Enrolls in Command and General Staff School, Ft. ~venworth, KS
1930 assigned as part of international railroad patrol unit, Tientsin, China
1935 August--promoted to Lieutenant Colonel ordered to Army War College
1936 becomes Executive Officer of 5th Infantry Brigade (commanding officer is Gen. George Marshall)
1937 begins four-year tour at War Plans Division, War Dept. General Staff
1938 becomes Executive Officer of War Plans Division
1941 April--promoted to Colonel (temp.) assigned as C.O., 36th Infantry Brigade, Camp Polk, LA JUly--promoted to Brigadier General (temp.) assigned as c.o. of 3rd Armored Brigade 1942 January--assumes command of 3rd Armored Division February--promoted to Major General (temp.) August--assumes command of IV Armored Corps and desert training area, Camp Young, CA
1943 Walker and the IV Armored Corps transfer to Camp Campbell,KY 1943 October--IV Armored Corps redesignated XX Corps
1944 July--Part of the 3rd Army under Gen. Patton, the XX Corps spearheads the drive across France, Germany, and Austria (through May, 1945)
1945 April--promoted to Lieutenant General (temp.) June--assumes command of the Eighth Service Command, Dallas, TX
1946 June--assumes command of newly-reactivated 5th Army, Chicago, IL
1948 September--assumes command of the 8th Army, Yokohama, Japan
1950 June--North Korean forces invade the Republic of Korea Walker placed in command of U.N. groound forces under overall command of General MacArthur December 23--Walker is killed in a jeep accident at the front ADDENDUM
Walton H. Walker Collection #134 (added to the collection by his son, Sam S. Walker, September 13,2000)
Letter ofCommendation from Brigadier General George C. Marshall to CoL Walton H. Walker on his promotion to the War Department. I. MANUSCRIPT MATERIAL CORRESPONDENCE
BOX FOLDER General Correspondence 1 1 -3/11/35 orders to Army War College -Invitation to 10/22/37 party hosted by George Marshall at Vancouver Barracks, draft of poetic response -5/17/43 from Col. Hamer Ford -6/9/43 from Col. Thomas Maroney -6/21/43 to victor Emerson
2 -1/28/44 notes to Mrs. Walker -3/24/44 from Sam Bone, Cumberland University -4/14/44 from British Brigadier H.I. Allen -4/25/44 to Life Insurance Company of Virginia -4/25/44 to Farmers' National Bank, Belton, TX -4/25/44 to Chemical Bank and Trust Co. -4/29/44 to British Lt.Col. C. Smyth-Piggott -5/11/44 from R. Boeker, Who's Who in the Western Hemisphere -5/21/44 to Col. R. John West -5/23/44 to Alexander Keiller
3 -6/6/44 to Chief of Chaplains william R. Arnold -6/9/44 to Col. E.H. Hicks -6/18/44 to Mrs. Eastwood, Secretary of Overseas Forces Hospitality committee, Marlborough -6/18/44 to PMC, Salisbury Plain District Mess -6/20/44 from Lt.Col. Harold Hoffman -6/27/44 telegram from Cathon Hardy -9/1/44 from Col. Harkins, letter of introduction to Prince Felix of Luxembourg -11/6/44 from Henri Couzinet, Mayor of Chateau-Thierry -11/6/44 from Henry Faucheur -11/12/44 from Giraud -11/17/44 from citizen of Chateau-Thierry (name unclear) -11/19/44 from French Gen. Dody -11/20/44 from M. Moppert, Chief of Metz -11/23/44 from Gen. Dody -11/23/44 from Patton (introduction to Giraud-- personally signed) -11/23/44 from Capt. de la Vasselais -11/30/44 from Gen. Dody -12/8/44 from Mayor of Thionville
4 -1/28/45 to Director of the French Army Museum -1/28/45 to French General Juin -2/8/45 from Mayor of Angers BOX FOLDER 1 4 -2/14/45 from Mayor of Chartres -3/13/45 from Maj.Gen. O.P. Weyland -3/28/45 from Governor-General of Metz -4/14/45 from Lt. Gen. George Patton -4/15/45 from Lt. Gen. "Gee" Gerow -4/18/45 from General Jacob Devers -4/20/45 coded telegram from Lt. Gen. Patton -undated telegram from Caroline Walker (wife) -undated coded telegram from General Mark Clark
5 -4/30/45 to Lt. Gen. Gerow -5/8/45 from Maj.Gen. Karl Truesdell -5/25/45 from Bunny Hobson, representative of USMA class of 1912 -6/19-20/45 Welcome-home telegrams -6/20/45 from Cpl. Edwin A. Doyle -7/3/45 from French general Leclerc -7/13/45 to T. Charlton Hall -8/1/45 from Lt. Gen. Patton -10/27/45 to Monsignor Dubosh, president of the Slovak League of America -11/6/45 from Lt. Gen. Patton -12/11/45 from Gabriel Hocquard, Mayor of Metz
6 -1/3/46 from Lt.Col. W.K. Wyant -1/25/46 from Maj.Gen. Hobart Gay -2/16/46 to French Gen. Leclerc -4/17/46 to Prince Felix of Iillxembourg -7/12/46 from Camille Rodier -12/11/46 to Chief Liaison, French Mission -12/24/46 From Maj.Gen. James Van Fleet -2/6/47 to Maj.Gen. William G. Weaver -5/24/47 telegrams from Generals witsell and Handy, and from the Office of the Chief of Staff -5/27/47 from Bill Streett -5/28/47 from Lt.Gen. O.W. Griswold -5/29/47 from Commandant, the Armored School, Ft. Knox, Kentucky -8/4/47 to Col. Paul Franson -12/3/47 telegram expressing sympathy--death of Leclerc
7 -5/48 Invitation to Sam & Charlotte Walker's wedding -7/30/48 telegram from Rear Adm. J. Cary Jones -10/2/48 to Maj. Gen. James M. Gavin -11/23/48 to Commanding General, Yokohama, Japan -11/23/48 to Capt. Harry Astor, Yokohama Command -11/26/48 memo to captain Astor -12/14/48 from Raymond Mondon, Deputy Mayor of Metz BOX FOLDER 1 8 -1/6/49 to Maj.Gen. Maloney, Chief of Historical Division -1/11/49 to Gabriel Hocquard, Mayor of Metz -2/12/49 from Col. William Collier -2/14/49 from Mayor of Melun -2/18/49 reports of Walker's house and neighbors in Japan -3/11/49 from Major Preston Morgan -3/12/49 from Brigadier General Garvin -3/16/49 from Melvan Jacobs -3/25/49 to Maj.Gen. Gay -3/28/49 to French General Collignon -4/4/49 from Maj.Gen. Gay -4/25/49 roster of staff for Walker's quarters in Japan -5/16/49 from former Mayor of Metz G. Hocquard -5/31/49 to several members of XX Corps concerning the Medal of Metz -6/1/49 to the Adjutant General -6/21/49 to Maj.Gen. Gay -6/21/49 to Col. Collier -7/13/49 from Lt.Col. Hall -7/29/49 to Major Sidmore -9/6/49 to Col. Collier -9/6/49 to Prentice Morgan -9/6/49 to Melvan Jacobs
10 -1/6/50 to Gabriel Hocquard -1/6/50 to the Mayor of Metz -2/16/50 to Chaplain Cleetis Clemens -2/16/50 to Jerome Keohane -2/23/50 to Capt. David Bissett -2/23/50 to Gabriel Hocquard -3/3/50 to Capt. Harold L. Kaschko -4/6/50 to the Mayor of Metz -4/8/50 to General Collignon -6/15/50 from the Committee for the Medal of Metz -10/10/50 to Maj. J.P. Napier, GHQ from G. Shiratori-- forwarded to Walker -Undated telegram from MacArthur
Selected correspondence
11 various correspondence: Mayor of Metz
12 various correspondence concerning the Mayor of Metz's visit to Dallas, Texas, March, 1946.
13 Text of speech given by the Mayor in Dallas: "Why Metz People Love General Walker, Your Countryman" BOX FOLDER
1 14 various correspondence concerning a Ford automobile purchased by Maj. GUy de la Vasselais
15 Miscellanious correspondence: GUy de la Vasselais
16 various correspondence concerning the dedication of the "Road of Liberty" in France, July-Oct.,1947
17 various correspondence: Mayor of Thionville
18 Various correspondence: Mayor of Chartres
Letters of Bereavement and Tributes to Walker
2 1 Letters of sympathy to Mrs. Walker, arranged alphabetically
2 Tribute authored by anonymous West Point classmate
3 The General was from Texas, biogrpahical portrait by a West Point cadet, 1951.
4 Bound collection of newspaper clippings on Walker's death and funeral
Commendations and Awards
5 Index chart of Walker's awards
French
6 Angers, Chateau-Thierry, Chartres, Epernay, Fontainebleau
7 Lorraine, Reims
8 st. Symphoriem, Thionville
9 Verdun
10 Metz
11 General French awards
Other European BOX FOLDER 2 12 Luxembourg 13 Russia, Czechoslovakia united states
14 Commendations, citations, awards
15 Degrees and commissions
THE XX CORPS
Manuscript to XX Corps History
3 1 -Draft of Foreword -Correspondence from Walker to Col. Cole, Chief of European section, Historical Division (detailing particulars in the manuscript) -Abstract: the story of the XX Corps
2 Maps of Desert Training Area (separated to oversized folder)
3 Chapter manuscript: "The Desert Period"
4 Chapter manuscript: "England: February 1944 to .July 1944"
5 Abstracts and accounts of England period
6 Comments on French campaign manuscripts through Walker's aide
7 Chapter manuscript: "The campaigns of Normandy and Northern France"
8 Chapter manuscript: "The Reduction of Metz"
9 Feb. 3, 1945 "History of Metz" issued by the Military government of Metz and the XXI region
10 Report: "The Fortified Region of Metz" 11 Report: "A Brief History of Metz" BOX FOLDER
3 12 Chapter manuscript: "The Reduction of Fortress Metz"
13 -Walker's speech on the return of Metz to the French -congratulations from General Dody, Mayor Hocquard
14 Chapter manuscript: "Palatinate"
15 Chapter manuscript: "Crossing the Rhine and into Germany"
16 Partial manuscript: "The XX Corps in Germany"
17 Chapter manuscript; "Crossing the Danube, Drive into Austria"
18 Draft copies: "Crossing the Danube, Drive Into Austria"
Rosters and Reports
4 1 Unit and personnel rosters, XX Corps
2 Maps of XX Corps march across France
3 Command Post locations, XX Corps
4 12/2/43 brief on observations of the operations front in Africa to augment stateside training
5 11/3/44 Field Order #12--initiating XX Corps action into Darmstadt-Frankfurt area
6 1/28/45 order concerning thaw conditions on roads
7 -List of XX Corps operational reports -3rd Army operational report, French campaign, Aug.-Sept., 1944
Engineering Section Reports
8 -List of Engineering units operational with the XX Corps -Office of the Engineer, XX Corps After-action report, 10/4/44 BOX FOLDER
4 9 Office of the Engineer, After-action report and attached orders, 11/4/44
10 Office of the Engineer, After-action report, 12/4/44
11 Office of the Engineer, After-action report, 1/4/44 [1945]
12 Office of the Engineer, After-action report, 2/2/45 13 Office of the Engineer, After-action report, 3/7/45
14 Office of the Engineer, After-action report, 4/12/45
15 Office of the Engineer, After-action report, 5/9/45 16 Office of the Engineer, After-action report, 6/4/44
17 6/3/44 Engineer report on Crossing of the Rhine
18 Report of Operations, 90th Infantry Division, Moselle crossing, 11/9-11/19, 1944 (Van Fleet commanding)
19 4/25/44 Report on Inspection of Buchenwald Camp (incomplete)
20 Copy of German Army Group South's surrender, 5/7/45
citations, Honors, Commendations
5 1 -Braxton Butler--Legion of Merit -Major R.A. Nicolas (French)-- Legion of Merit -Capt. Paul Legrand (French)- Bronze Star -Lt. Col. Hall, Silver Star
2 unit citation, HQ & HQ Co., XX Corps BOX FOLDER 5 3 Correspondence concerning proposed unit citation for 55th Armored Engineering Battalion
4 Correspondence concerning distinguished unit citation for 10th Regimental Combat Team
French Commendations to the XX Corps
5 Chateau-Thierry
6 Epernay
7 Fontainebleau
8 Medal of the Marne
9 Metz
10 Reims
11 Verdun
12 Messages of Commendation and Congratulations to XX Corps from Walker, Patton, and other generals
Miscellaneous--XX Corps
13 Photocopies of Allied decrees and proclamations
14 Messages to Allied forces from General Eisenhower and Field Marshal Montgomery
15 Copy of Ocean News--newspaper from the Queen Mary, which the XX Corps sailed over to Europe on
16 Chart of units involved in the liberation of various French cities
17 XX Corps press releases, April and May, 1945
18 "The XX Corps' Final Campaigns" (article by Walker in The Army-Navy Journal) and related correspondence
19 Shoulder insignia of the XX Corps
20 Corps' fifth anniversary address list, 9/6/47 BOX FOLDER 5 21 Map of XX Corps march
22 Campaigns of the Russian XX Corps
23 "Sunday Punch" (XX Corps newsletter) , 11/22/44
24 XX Corps ephemera
Miscellaneous Manuscript Materials
6 1 Fifth Division calendar, 1919
2 Various biographical reports and sketches of Walker
3 -Physician's report on Walker's jeep accident of 12/26/44 (report dated 11/9/46) -Medical history, hay fever report, 4/22/46
4 Daily News Briefs, Sept.-Nov., 1950 (non-continuous)
5 u.S. Army, Statement of Death, Lt. Gen. Walton Harris Walker
6 -Walker's "Stand or Die" talk, July, 1950 -Hal Boyle article on Walker's impact on the Korean War, 8/3/53 -MacArthur's statements concerning Walker's death -incomplete New York Times clipping -Photo of Walker Memorial, Korea
7 Handwritten notes and accounts
8 Misc. ephemera
9 Misc. ephemera
10 Holiday cards from assorted foreign dignitaries (arr. alphabetically)
11 Holiday cards from Mrs. Walker
Magazines
12 Houston JUly, 1945 ADDENDUM
Walton H. Walker Collection #134 (added to the collection by his son, Sam S. Walker, January 2002)
Box Folder 6 19 Letter, Lt. General Lesley J. McNair, Commanding General, U.S. Army Ground Forces, to Major General Walker, Desert Training Center, Camp Young, CA, March 9, 1943, regarding improvements and training progress made under General Walker's command
Letter, Lt. General Lesley J. McNair to Major General Walker, August 2, 1943, regarding the deployment preparations ofthe IV Armored Corps at Camp Campbell, KY to the Third Army for the invasion ofFrance
Article, undated, concerning General Walker, CG, Eighth Army, as "crucial figure" offour field commanders in the Korean War
Message, General Douglas MacArthur to Department ofthe Army, December 27, 1950, recommending General Walker for the Medal ofHonor (one oftwo recommendations he made)
Interview, General MacArthur with Jim Lucas, January 25, 1954, in which General MacArthur rated General Walker the highest of his field commanders during the Korean War
Photo, sent to General Walker by General Patton in Germany after the promotion ofWalker to Lt. General. Patton pinned on Walker the three stars pinned on Patton earlier by General Eisenhower and which had been worn by both Eisenhower and Patton BOX FOLDER 6 13 Dallas July, 1945
14 -The Army-Navy Register, 9/22/45 -Dallas November, 1945
15 -The VMI Alumnae Review, Finals Issue, 1946 -Dallas April, 1946
16 Newsweek, 12/11/50
17 Newsweek, 1/1/51
18 Time, 1/1/51
II. PHOTOGRAPHS (number in parenthesis is number of photos in folder)
Portraits, Family Photos
7 Separate Caroline Walker, June, 1927
1 Pictures of Caroline (3)
2 Family photos (10)
3 -Cadet Walker, Major Walker (2) -unit photo, 2nd BN 15th InfDiv, 1931 (Major Walker)
4 Pre-WWII portraits (17)
5 Post-WWII portraits (14)
6 Post-WWII portraits (9)
7 Misc. Portraits, croppings (15, and 3 negatives)
IV Armored Division and XX Corps Photos
8 1 Desert Training Area, 3/42-Summer/43 (8)
2 (9)
3 (7)
4 (5)
5 (12) BOX FOLDER 8 6 (3)
7 Camp campbell, Kentucky, Aug. 11, 1943 (6) 8 Aug. 13-15, 1943 (13)
9 Aug. 19-20, 1943 (12)
10 Aug. 21-25, 1943 (16)
11 Sept. 2, 1943 (22)
12 Sept. 2, 1943 (8)
13 Misc. Camp Campbell (2)
14 Misc. Camp Campbell (10) 15 Misc. Camp Campbell (3)
16 England, May 16-18, 1944 (7)
17 May 19, 1944 (20 ) 18 June 4, 1944 (13)
19 July 16, 1944 (1)
20 July 19-23, 1944 (17)
21 Misc. England (7)
European Theatre of operations Combat Photos, XX corps
9 1 utah Beach, France 8/1/44 (1) 2 Nogent-le-Retrou, Fr. 8/14/44 (1) 3 Chartres, Fr. 8/17/44 (2) 4 Savigny, Fr. 8/18/44 (1) 5 Mantes-Gassicourt, Fr. 8/20/44 (1) 6 Dourdan, Fr. 8/21/44 (1) 7 Seine River, Fr. 8/24/44 (2) 8 Epernay, Fr. 8/27/44 (1) 9 Mareuil-sur-Ay, Fr. 8/30/44 (1) 10 Verdun, Fr. undated (1) 11 Verdun, Fr. Dinah Shore visit, 9/4-5/44 (4) 12 Verdun, Fr. Medal Ceremonies, 9/4-6/44 (31) 13 Mars-la-Tour, Fr. Cardinal Spellman visit, 9/14/44 (3) 14 Mars-la-Tour, Fr. Medal Ceremonies, Bing Crosby visit 9/21-23/44 (25) 15 Mars-la-Tour, Fr. 9/30/44 (2) 16 Verdun, Fr., Medal Ceremony 11/2/44 (6) 17 Jarny, Fr. 11/8-10/44 (6) BOX FOLDER 9 18 Metz, Fr. 11/25/44-3/4/45 (26) 19 Metz. Fr. 11/25/44-3/4/45 (27) 20 Metz, Fr., Medal Ceremony, 12/23/44 (13) 21 Thionville, Fr. 11/25-12/29/44 (20) 22 Noukirchen, Germany 12/4/44 (1) 23 Saar River, 12/4-12/44 (8) 24 Wallerfangen, G. 12/4/-20/44 (8) 25 Boulay, Fr. 12/6/44 (4) 26 Hammersdorf,G. 12/6/44 (2) 27 Feisberg, G. 12/7-13/44 (3) 28 Dillengen, G. 12/8-29/44 (9) 29 Saarlautern, G. 12/9/44-3/22/45 (49) 30 Chaussy, Fr. 12/10/44 (2) 31 Sierk, Fr. 12/14/44 (3) 32 Thionville, Fr. 12/16/44 (4) 33 Veckering, G. 12/21/44 (3) 34 Luxembourg, 12/22/44 (1) 35 Fraulautern, G. 12/26/44 (1) 36 Briey, Fr. 1/3/45 (2) 37 Maizieres-Ies-Metz, Fr. 1/4-2/11/45 (10) 38 Maizieres-les-Metz, Fr. 1/4-2/11/45 (13) 39 Fraulautern, G. 1/5-3/27/45 (6) 40 Thionville, Fr. 1/10-12/45 (4) 41 Ritzing, Fr. 1/12/45 (1) 42 Bornay, Fr. 1/12/45 (1) 43 Metz, Fr. 1/22/45 (2) 44 Remeling, Fr. 1/12-22/45 (6) 45 Tettingen, G. 1/14/45 (1) 46 Bettelaville, Fr. 1/16/45 (4) 47 Dieuse, Fr. 1/19/45 (2) 48 Tunting, Fr. 1/22/45 (1) 49 Thionville, Fr., Ceremony, 1/24/45 (12) 50 Hayange, Fr. 1/24-31/45 (6) 51 Ober-Tunsdorf, G. 1/26/45 (2) 52 Nennig, G. 1/26-2/10/45 (13) 53 Wochern, G. 1/27/45 (3) 54 Konigsmachern, Fr. 2/3/45 (1) 55 Apach, G. 2/3-15/45 (5) 56 Homburg, Fr. 2/6/45 (1) 57 Saar Valley, Fr. 2/6-9/45 (2) 58 Saarburg, G. 2/6-3/19/45 (25) 59 Hargarten, G. 2/7/45 (1) 60 sinz, G. and vicinity 2/7-22/45 (12) 61 Perl, G. 2/10-15/45 (4) 62 Wellingen, G.2/11-17/45 (2) 63 Wallerfangen, G. 2/12/45 (3) 64 Thionville, Fr. 2/6-15/45 (5) 65 Kerlingen, G. 2/15/45 (1) 66 Altforweiler, G. 2/17/45 (2) 67 Borg, G. 2/19-23/45 (2) 68 Ober Lenken, G. 2/20/45 (1) 69 Petite Hettange, Fr. 2/20/45 (3) 70 Remich, Luxembourg 2/20-22/45 (3) BOX FOLDER 9 71 Portz, G. 2/21/45 (1) 72 Ayl, G. 2/24/45 (1) 73 Showden, G. 2/25/45 (1) 74 Taben, G. 2/25-3/16/45 (6) 75 Irsch, G. 2/26-27/45 (2) 76 Serrig, G. 2/27-3/16/45 (4) 77 Trier, G. and vicinity 2/27-3/27/45 (15) 78 Dorbacht, G. 3/10/45 (1) 79 wittlich, G. 3/10/45 (2) 80 Besch, G. 3/11/45 (6) 81 Malroy, Fr. 3/11/45 (1) 82 Bedersdorf, G. 3/11-13/45 (7) 83 Castel, G. 3/12-15/45 (6) 84 Tusa, G. 3/13/45 (1) 85 Lampaden, G. 3/14/45 (2) 86 Buerig, G. 3/14/45 (1) 87 near Pluwig, G. 3/14/45 88 Neiderzerf, G. 3/14-16/45 (3) 89 Saar area, G. 3/15/45 (2) 90 Saurlautern, G. 3/15/45 (1) 91 Ober Zerf, G. 3/16/45 (2) 92 Hermeskeil, G. 3/16-18/45 (4) 93 Kell, G. 3/16-18/45 (3) 94 Thalen, G. 3/18/45 (1) 95 Nonweiler, G. 3/18/45 (1) 96 Selbruck, G. 3/18/45 (1) 97 Wedern, G. 3/18-20/45 (6) 98 Berkenfeld, G. 3/19/45 (1) 99 Wirschweiller, G. 3/19/45 (1) 100 Merzig, G. 3/19/45 (1) 101 st. Wendel, G. 3/19-23/45 (9) 102 Handenbuhl, G. 3/20/45 (1) 103 Rockstein, G. 3/20/45 (1) 104 BUss, G. 3/20/45 (1) 105 Meisenheim, G. 3/20/45 (3) 106 Kirn, G. 3/20/45 (1) 107 Frankenstein, G. 3/21/45 (3) 108 The Palatinate, G. 3/21/45 (1) 109 Bad Durkheim, G. 3/21-23/45 (11) 110 Kaiserlautern, G. 3/20-24/45 (18) 111 Maxdorf, G. 3/22/45 (1) 112 Neustadt, G. 3/22-24/45 (11) 113 Weiherhof, G. 3/22-29/45 (2) 114 LUdwigshafen, G. 3/24/45 (1) 115 Frankenholtz, G. 3/25/45 (1) 116 Hassloch, G. 3/25/44 (2) 117 Rockshaven, G. 3/27/45 (1) 118 Neukirchen, G. 3/27/45 (2) 119 Frankfurt, G. 3/27-28/45 (5) 120 Friedberg, G. 3/29/45 (1) 121 Mainz, G. 3/29/45 (10) 122 Weisbaden, G. 3/29-31/45 (7) 123 Wichte, G. 3/31/45 (1) BOX FOLDER 9 124 Idstein, G. 4/1/45 (1) 125 Neukirchen, G. 4/1/45 (1) 126 Malsfeld, G. 4/1/45 (1) 127 Eisenach, G. 4/1-2/45 (4) 128 Kassel, G. 4/1-6/45 (7) 129 Spangle, G. 4/2/45 (1) 130 Waldkappel, G. 4/2/45 (3) 131 Rothenberger, G. 4/3/45 (1) 132 Falkenberg, G. 4/3-10/45 (2) 133 Oberdorla, G. 4/4/45 (6) 134 Gotha, G. 4/4-12/45 (14) 135 Grossalmerode, G. 4/5/45 (2) 136 Muhlhausen, G. 4/5-7/45 (10) 137 Furstenhagen, G. 4/6/45 (3) 138 Ohrdruf (Eisenhower, Bradley) 4/45 (19) 139 Lancensalza, G. 4/6-10/45 (3) 140 Camburg, G. 4/10/45 (1) 141 Andisleben, G. 4/10/45 (1) 142 Buttstadt, G. 4/11/45 (1) 143 Bad Sulza, G. 4/11/45 (3) 144 Erfurt, G. 4/11-13/45 (3) 145 Jena, G. 4/11-17/45 (5) 146 Crossen, G. 4/13/45 (1) 147 Lucka, G. 4/13/45 (3) 148 Sonneberg, G. 4/13/45 (2) 149 Saalfeld, G. 4/14/45 (1) 150 Rochlitz, G. 4/15/45 (1) 151 Gera, G. 4/15-16/45 (2) 152 Weimar, G. 4/16/45 (2) 153 Buchenwald Concentration Camp (Weimar) 4/16/45 (16) 154 Possneck, G. 4/16/45 (4) 155 Goschwitz, G. 4/17/45 (1) 156 Bayreuth, G. 4/17/45 (5) 157 Plaven, G. 4/17/45 (2) 158 Limbach, G. 4/18/45 (1) 159 Auerbach, G. 4/21/45 (1) 160 Nurnberg, G. 4/20-26/45 (24) 161 Pommersfelden, G. 4/21/45 (20) 162 Neumark.t, G. 4/21-24/45 (4) 163 Reichenswand, G. 4/22-26/45 (5) 164 HQ XX Corps, 4/22-26/45 (1) 165 Hameu, G. 4/24/45 (2) 166 Eschnau, G. 4/24/45 (1) 167 Kapfelberg, G. 4/26/45 (1) 168 Regensberg, G. 4/26-30/45 (9) 169 Burglengenfeld, G. 4/27/45 (5) 170 Adldorf, G. 5/2-4/45 (1) 171 Branau, G. and Branau, Austria, 5/2-5/45 (12) 172 Seelwadgen, Aust. 5/7/45 (1) 173 Lambach, Aust. 5/7/45 (1) 174 Kremsmunster, Aust. 5/9/45 (1) 175 Linz, Aust. 5/9-21/45 (12) BOX FOLDER 9 176 on Enns River, Aust. 5/9/45 (2) 177 Russian XX Corps HQ, Aust. 5/9-21/45 (2) 178 st. Martin, Aust. 5/25/45 (5) 179 Misc. Combat photos (20) 180 Misc. Combat photos (23) 181 Misc. Combat photos (31) 182 Misc. photos, France (11) 183 Misc. photos, France (10) 184 Misc. photos, France (12) 185 Misc. photos, France (11) 186 Misc. photos, France (12) 187 Misc. photos, France (18) 188 Misc. photos, France (9) 189 Misc.--Walker in France and Germany (25) 190 Metz and Verdun liberation ceremonies (16) 191 Misc. photos, Germany (9) 192 Misc. photos, Germany (9) 193 Misc. photos w./ Russian troops (4) 194 Misc. photos, Rhine bridge @ Worms, G. (2) 195 Walker with Eisenhower (6) 196 Walk.er with Patton (4) 197 Walker with Patton (4--2 signed by Patton) 198 Walker with Patton, funeral of Col. Flint (7) 199 Misc. Patton (17) 200 Walker/Eisenhower/Patton (9) 201 Walker with Patton, Eisenhower (13--1 signed by Patton) 202 Walker with George C. Marshall (3) 203 Madame Clavelle--member of FFI Bn. attached to XX Corps (1) 204 Patton photos--oversize (5)
Postwar photographs
10 1 Misc. Postwar photos
Eighth Service Command, Dallas
2 Medal Ceremony (14)
3 Medal Ceremony (14)
4 Borden General Hospital visit, 7/20/45 (12)
5 Army Surgical Corps photos (4)
6 Eisenhower visit 4/20/46 (14)
7 Posthumous medal presentations (6)
8 Misc. 8th Service Command BOX FOLDER 10 9 Misc. 8th Service Command (Basil O'Connor, Jimmie King autographed photos) (15)
10 Misc. 8th S.C. (5)
11 Misc. 8th S.C. (5)
12 Misc. 8th S.C. (14)
13 Misc. 8th S.C. (10)
14 Misc. 8th S.C. (12)
15 Misc. 8th S.C. (6)
16 Misc. 8th S.C. (5)
Mayor of Metz visit to Dallas, March, 1946
17 3/11/46 (7)
18 3/11/46 (9)
19 3/11/46 (9)
20 3/12/46 (10)
21 3/12/46 (9)
22 3/12/46 (7)
23 3/12/46 (15)
24 3/13/46 (8)
25 3/13/46 (18)
26 3/13/46 (11)
27 3/13/46 (8)
28 3/13/46 (9)
29 3/14/46 (8)
30 3/14/46 (11)
31 3/14/46 (10)
32 3/14/46 (7) BOX FOLDER 10 33 3/15/46 (7)
34 3/15/46 (5)
35 Misc. visit photos & departure of guests (7)
36 Misc. photos of France, autographed photo of Gabriel Hocquard, Mayor of Metz (9)
37 Misc. photos of visit (26)
Fifth Army--Chicago
38 (10) photos
39 (11)
40 (11)
41 (10)
42 (7)
43 (9)
44 (9)
45 (10)
46 (10)
47 (16)
48 (10)
Eighth Army--Yokohama, Japan
49 Walker's arrival, 9/15/48 (11)
50 Walker's arrival (8)
51 Walker's arrival (10)
52 Walker's arrival (9)
53 Walker's arrival (10)
54 Reception for Walker, 9/19/48 (11)
55 Misc. (5)
56 Misc. (16) BOX FOLDER 10 57 11th Airborne Division, 9/21/48 (5+1 booklet)
58 9/23/48 (3)
59 Review of 1st Cavalry Division, 10/8/48 (12)
60 10/8/48 (12)
61 10/8/48 (12)
62 10/8/48 (12)
63 10/8/48 (6)
64 BCOF HQ visit, 10/14/48 (5)
65 General Ryder's departure, 12/8/48 (4)
66 Hiroshima & Nagasaki, January 1949 (21)
67 Sec. of the Army Kenneth Royall visit, 2/49 (15)
68 Royall visit (15)
69 Royall visit (15)
70 Royall visit (15)
71 Royall visit (15)
72 Royall visit (15)
73 Royall visit (15)
74 Royall visit (15)
75 Royall visit (6)
76 Walker visits farm, Chofu, Japan 3/24/49 (5)
77 with Maj.Gen. Shea, Yokohama 4/5/49 (5)
78 Army Day parade, Yokohama, 4/6/49 (15)
79 Parade (15)
80 Parade (15)
81 Parade (15)
82 Parade (10) BOX FOLDER 10 83 Yokohama trade fairs (14)
84 Memorial Day, 1949 (4)
85 Inspection trip, June 1949 (6)
86 Inspection trip (10)
87 Inspection trip (10)
88 7/4/49 (3)
89 7/5/49 (7)
90 7/10/49 (2) 91 Undersecretary of state Tracy Voorhees visit, Aug.-Sept. 1949 (15)
92 Voorhees visit (6)
93 Voorhees visit (30)
94 24th Infantry Division, 9/28/49 (5) 95 Chief of Staff J. Lawton Collins visit, 10/11/49 (9) 96 Sec. of the Treasury John Snyder and members of the House Appropriations Sub-Committee visit (10)
97 Same as above (9)
98 Joint Chiefs of Staff visit to Japan, 2/1950 (15)
99 JCS visit (15)
100 JCS visit (15)
101 ,ICS visit (11)
102 JCS visit (18)
103 JCS visit (19)
11 1 MacArthur, Bradley, Louis Johnson visit 6/1950 (15)
2 6/50 visit (15)
3 6/50 visit (15) BOX FOLDER 11 4 6/50 visit--signed photo of Johnson (11)
5 J. Lawton Collins visit to Korea, 8/1950 (4)
6 Misc. Japan (15)
7 Misc. Japan (13)
8 Misc. Japan (15)
9 Misc. Japan (10)
10 Misc. Japan (16)
11 Misc. Japan (13)
12 Misc. Japan (16)
13 Misc. Japan (18)
14 Misc. Japan (12)
15 Misc. Japan (19)
16 Misc. Japan (20 undersized)
17 Misc. Japan (15)
18 Misc. Japan (12)
19 Misc. Japan (17)
20 Misc. Japan (32)
21 Misc. Japan (26)
22 Misc. Japan (16+2 booklets)
23 Misc. Japan--hunting trips (18)
24 Hunting trips (22)
25 Hunting trips (13)
26 Masonic members, Yokohama, Japan (4)
27 Dedication of Patton Hall (1)
28 Iwo Jima Memorial Ceremonies (10)
29 Memorial Ceremonies (15)
30 Walker's Railroad Car (9) BOX FOLDER 11 31 Walker's house in Yokohama (11)
32 Walker's house (11)
33 Walker's house (8)
34 Walker;s HQ in Seoul, 10/1950 (7)
12 1 Walker with Caroline (7)
2 Photos of Caroline (12)
3 Photos of Caroline (18)
4 With Lt. Sam Walker (3)
5 Photos of Sam Walker (3)
6 Photos of Sam's wife, Charlotte (8)
7 Photos of Mrs. MacArthur (7)
8 Mrs. Walker & Mrs. MacArthur (10)
9 Mrs. Walker & Mrs. MacArthur (10)
10 Mrs. Walker & Mrs. MacArthur (10)
11 Mrs. Walker & Mrs. MacArthur (17)
12 Mrs. Walker & Mrs. MacArthur (6)
13 Uncaptioned/undated photos--Korea (15)
14 Uncaptioned/undated photos--Korea (15)
15 Uncaptioned/undated photos--Korea (15)
16 Walker with MacArthur (15)
17 Walker with MacArthur (15)
18 Chester Nimitz @ formal Japanese surrender ceremonies--autographed photo (1)
Misc. Photos--Walton Walker Collection
19 John Lucas/ Tom Tandley signed photos (6)
20 Misc. (13)
21 Misc. (20) BOX FOLDER 12 22 Misc. (13)
23 Misc. (10)
24 Misc. (4)
25 Voorhees/ Wainwright signed photos (2)
26 Misc. (3)
III. MAPS (excluding oversized)
XX Corps Operational Areas, 1944-5 (Areas designated are general area of map. In addition, maps are designated with specific Comand Post location)
13 1 La Hays du Puits 2 st. Lo/Vire 3 Avranches/Fougeres 4 vitre 5 Evion/La Fleche 6 Paris/Fountainebleau 7 Paris/Fountainebleau 8 Paris/Fountainebleau 9 Meux/Provins 10 Meux/Provins 11 Reims 12 Reims/Verdun 13 Verdun 14 Chamblay 15 Verdun 16 Neukirchen 17 Neukirchen/Trier 18 Neukirchen 19 Kaiserlautern 20 Weisbaden 21 Marburg/Bad Narheim 22 Marburg/Hersfeld 23 Erfurt 24 Erfurt 25 Erfurt/Jena 26 Bamberg 27 Nurnberg/Amberg 28 Regensburg/Amberg 29 Regensburg 30 Branau/Straubing 31 Wels/Linz 32 Wels 33 Misc.
(Remainder of Maps catalogued in oversized Materials) IV. PRINTED MATERIALS
World War II BOX FOLDER 14 -xx Corps Bound History -2 copies: "The Ghost Corps: Thru Hell & Highwater" -History of xx Corps Artillery Units -26th Infantry Division History -71st Infantry Division History -95th Infantry Division History -Victory, by 95th Infantry Division -XIX Corps, Normandy to the Elle -Omaha Beachhead, Div. of Military History pUblication -"The Keypoint of the Marne" by Col. Edmund L. Butts -"The united states at War" Issue of The Army-Navy Journal (Bound and soft copies) -"Sunday Punch"--Newspaper of the XX Corps (bound collection) -Misc. Loose copies of "Sunday Punch" (in folder) -Photofolders: Angers, chateau-Thierry, Chartres, Fountainebleau, Jarny, Metz, Montmirail, Reims, Thionville, Verdun -Organization Day pamphlets, xx Corps, 9/5/45 (4 copies) -photos of XX Corps Command Posts -German High Command orders to Western units -German psychological warfare leaflets -Allied psychological warfare leaflets
Misc. Printed Materials
15 _IIArmored Force: Armoraiders Pictoral Sketch Book" -Army-Navy Review, 9/14/46, 9/21/46 -Dallas July, 1945 and May, 1946 issues -Houston July, 1945 issue -Signals Sept.-Oct. 1946 issue -Time 5/14/45 "pony" edition (miniature) -Time 7/31/50, 12/18/50 -Current Biography Sept., 1950 -9/1/46 Chicago Bears v. New York Giants at Wrigley Field program -Travel Guides: Angers, Metz, Reims, Verdun -French Michelin Maps -Program, Harris County Patriotic Rally, 7/4/45 -Paris, Texas Chamber of Commerce Annual Report, 9/30/45 (Victory Edition) BOX FOLDER 15 -Visit of Walker to Ground General School Center, Ft. Riley, KS, 7/24/47 -ASF Conference, 1948 -Guide to Walker Hill resort, Seoul -10/31/30 issue of "The Whisperin' Wave" -Tientsin Women's Club Pamphlets, 1930-1 -Misc. Guides, Tientsin and China -West Point Bulletins and Rosters, Class of 1912 -Howitzer, yearbook of West Point, class of 1912
French and British Printed Materials
16 -"La Cathedrale de Chartres" -"Le Chateau de Fountainebleau" -"Nouveau PaIn de la Ville de Metz" -"Der Dom zu Metz" -"L'Hotel de Ville de Metz" -"Revue d'Histoire Militaire" -Manuscript Materials Concerning Metz -"Metz"--folder of prints -"Chartres--Aout 1944"--folder of prints -Packet from Folklore Group of Lorraine -"America Gets Around, Starting from Swindon" (British tourism pamphlet)
Newspapers
17 -Pacific Stars & stripes, July '49-Dec.'50 -Nippon times, Dec. 19-26, 1950 -The Mainichi, Dec. 18-24, 1950 -Japan News, Dec. 25-26, 1950 -Action! (Journal of the New Orleans Young Mens' Business Club), 1/30/46 -5th Army Recruiters' Review, 6/25/46 -Ft. Sheridan Tower, 6/14/46 and 9/19/47 -The Southern Weekly, 3/24/45 -The Burleson News, 7/19/45 -The Army-Navy Review, 6/8/45 and 8/24/45 v. ARTIFACTS 18 -XX Corps Rug -XX Corps and XX Corps HQ guidons -Metz guidons (2) -Large Metz flag -XX Corps flag -Lt. General flag, Large -2 flags, red with one star (centered), origin unknown BOX FOLDER 19 -French flags of varying sizes (18) -Lt. General flags (small) (2) -XX Corps streamers -Medals of Metz -Walker's leather map case
VI. MISCELLANEOUS
20 Box of newspaper clippings and memorabilia 21 left loose in collection (separated to preserve collection's original order)
SEPARATED MATERIALS
I. SCRAPBOOKS (Catalogued by separate box number)
1. West Point Fellowship Book. Covers Walker's years as a cadet
2. Oct. 1930-Mar. 1933. Tientsin, China assignment. Also includes a few photos of other Asian and Pacific locations visited by the Walkers (dismantled)
3. -Prewar scrapbook, general material (dismantled) -XX Corps actions, from 1943-1945 (dismantled) -Misc. WWII scrapbook
4. -XX Corps/French Liberation ceremonies scrapbook -Misc. XX Corps scrapbook
5. -Barbecue given for Mayor of Metz in Dallas, March 1946 -8th Army Scrapbook (photos, newspaper clippings)
6. Shikoku, Japan, April 16-19, 1949
7. Misc. newsclippings, photos
8. -Misc. newsclippings -Bound volume of awards and commendations
9. -Misc. newsclippings, post-WWII -Misc. photos, post-WWII
10. -"Walton H. Walker, 1950" (arranged posthumously) -Newspaper clippings, Korea
11. Misc. photos, loose in collection (signed photos of Marshall and Eisenhower)
12. Newspapers, memorabilia, photos--Loose I. SCRAPBOOKS 13. Loose photos
14. Misc. Memorabilia (incl. West Point BUlletin, class of 1912, copies of the Armored News, news clippings, photos, and maps) separate (oversized scrapbook): News clippings and photos, mostly covering Korea and Walker's death separate (Oversized scrapbook): News clippings and photos, Korea, awards, commendations, miscellaneous II. THIRD ARMY AFTER-ACTION REPORTS -Not boxed (oversized)--stored with scrapbooks. (note: duplicates available in stacks: D 743 .U54 1945)
III. POSTER TUBES (2) -Large crowd photo (undated/uncaptioned), certificate, relief map of Channel area -Maps of XX Corps march IV. OVERSIZED FOLDERS
1.MAPS -Metz Area (2) -France, route of XX Corps, CP locations (2) -Germany, route of XX Corps, CP locations -Montfaucon -Verdun (military plans) -"March of the XX Corps, st. Jacques to Verdun" (article that appears on map is by Joe Driscoll, NY Herald-Tribune) -"March of the XX Corps, Verdun to Kremsmunster, Austria" -Misc. French road maps (4) -Bois Ie Pretre (military plans) (2) -Relief maps of Normandy (2) -Wiltshire, England (2) -Fire Control Map, Camp Benning, Georgia -Various sectors of Desert Training Area (Cal.-Nev.- Ariz. ) (8) -6th Service Command, NW District
2.NEWSPAPERS, MISC. -Le Figaro, 8/18/45 -Paris-Presse, 8/18/45 -Les Nouvelles, 8/18/45 -New York Herald-Tribune, 8/18/45 (partial) -Belton ~imes, 6/21/45 -Philadelphia Record, 12/22/45 -Philadelphia Evening Bulleti~, 12/21/45 (evening edition) -La Lorraine Liberee, 11/23/44 -Army-Navy Review, 9/22/45 and 5/18/46 2.NEWSPAPERS, MISC. -Chart of French cities liberated by XX Corps and which specific units liberated them -Victory Playing Cards Aircraft Identification Poster -Proclamation from Walker to French townspeople about special military roads -Eisenhower's proclamation to the French people -Christmas Card from President and Mrs. Eisenhower (postdates Walker's death) -Valentine's day note from Patton's widow (originally in cover of Volume 1 of After-Action Reports that she sent Walker)
V. PHOTONEGATIVES (1 BOX) GEORGE C. MARSHAll RESEARCH FOUNDATION SEPARATION RECORD
COlLECTIOf4: WALTON WALKER COLLECTION 134 The following items have been removed from the collection: ------,---"'"'-"------Description of items Location
XX Corps Rug Museum XX Corps and XX Corps HQ guidons II Metz guidons (2) II Large Metz flag II XX Corps flag " Lt. General flag, Large " 2 flags, red with one star (centered), " origin unknown II French flags of varying sizes (18) " Lt. General flags (small) (2) " XX Corps streamers II Medals of Metz " Walker's leather map case "