William M. Walker

The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to William M. Walker, Lieutenant, U.S. Navy (Reserve), for extraordinary heroism in action while serving on board the submarine U.S.S. BARB (SS-220), during a sabotage mission on 23 July 1945, during the TWELFTH War Patrol of that vessel off the Coast of Japan. Lieutenant Walker and a small group of volunteers from the U.S.S. BARB went ashore in the Japanese Home Islands to destroy a train using scuttling charges from the submarine. His conduct throughout was in keeping with the highest traditions of the Navy of the United States.