#VeteranOfTheDay Marine Corps Veteran Kenneth A. Walsh - VAntage Point

ILLUSTRATIONS: 1st Lt. Ken Walsh earns the MOH taking on a gaggle of Zeroes attacking 5th AF B-24s with his VMF-124 F4U-1, downing 4 before having to ditch off Vella Lavella, 30 Aug. 1943. (2) 1st Lt. Ken Walsh downs a Zero in his VMF-124 F4U-1 over New Georgia Island. (3) 1st Lt. Ken Walsh flames a Zero in a headon attack near New Georgia flying his VMF-124 F4U-1. (4) 1st Lt. Ken Walsh leads a flight of VMF-124 F4U-1s over the Solomons, 1943. (5) VMF-124 ace 1st Lt. Ken Walsh flames a Zero on a mission to Buin Harbor.

WAY TO GO FLYING ACE - Sheesh, medal of honor plus Walsh’s other medals include a Distinguished Flying Cross with six gold stars, an Air Medal with 14 gold stars, a Good Conduct Medal with one bronze star, an American Defense Service Medal with base clasp, an American Campaign Medal, an Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with four bronze stars, a World War II Victory Medal, a Navy Occupation Service Medal with Asia clasp, a National Defense Service Medal, a Korean Service Medal with one silver star and one bronze star and a United Nations Service Medal. I'd say he was decorated.

Another Great American Hero - thanks for the share Major