| New Jersey Military and Veterans Affairs - Militia Museum of New Jersey (2145 words) |
 | Walker had studied a model of the island, displayed beneath a large tent near regimental headquarters, and he knew that the 158th’s mission was to land there three days before the coming invasion of Japan, destroy a radar station, and hold the island until the main American attack took place. |
| James Walker was born in July 1922, in Hoboken, New Jersey, and was a construction worker for the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western railroad before he was drafted in April 1943. |
| Walker was wounded in the arm by a shell the troops called a “screaming mimi” during clearing operations on Luzon. |
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