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Everett Walker papers, 1943-1973, Date acquired: 07/01/2004, bulk 1944

 

Summary

Creator:
Walker, Everett
Extent:
1.00 folders
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Everett Walker papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_04_0206.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains the oral history interview of Lieutenant Colonel Everett Walker conducted by the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience. Walker was forced to bail out very near the target on his eighteenth mission as a bombardier and gunner on a B-24. He discusses his rescue from the water, his interrogation experience and the conditions of his internment. He also talks about the many different escape attempts made by the American POWs at Stalag Luft III.

Biographical / historical:

Lieutenant Colonel Everett Walker (Air Force, 1943-1973) trained as a bombardier and gunner on a B-24. Walker completed crew training in Boise, Idaho before heading to England in late April of 1944. He was Incarcerated by the Germans during the war and sent to Stalag Luft III. Walker served thirty years in the Air Force before retiring.

Acquisition information:

Everett Walker

donation

Custodial history:

Transferred from the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience to FSU Libraries Special Collections & Archives in July 2022.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is open to all researchers.

Terms of access:

All requests for permission to quote, publish, broadcast or otherwise reproduce from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Associate Dean for Special Collections & Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Florida State University Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Everett Walker papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_04_0206.

Location of this collection:
116 Honors Way
Tallahassee
FL
32306-2047
USA