09-22-2005, 10:20 AM
Photo of 1st Sgt. Cecil C. Walker Company K, 338th Regiment, 85th Custer Division is presented the Soldier's Medal in Italy.
According to what he told his family, Sgt Walker received the medal for risking his life to save the lives of some of his buddies. Their jeep turned over into a canal in Italy when a crate of grenades went off. Walker was thrown out, head first into the ditch bank, but the rest were pinned under the vehicle. Sgt. Walker saved his buddies from drowning.
Of course there could have been more to it than that and he just didn't want to brag about it.
Go to Sgt Walker for his complete biography.
Steve