Two more WWII vets are now gone and now belong to history as of today.
One of them was Frank Tanabe. He gained even more fame from being in the news recently. This 93 year old vet got a lot of news coverage because even on his last days thanks to inoperable cancer--he was shown casting his ballots for this election--with the help of his Daughter--Barbara Tanabe. This gent was Japanese-American and he enlisted in the Army in WWII as an interpreter who was trained to get info from Japanese prisoners of war. Tanabe was a member of either the famed: 100th Battalion-or what later became the 442nd Regimental Combat Team-also known as the "Go For broke" guys. Rest in peace Frank--my hand is eternally in a salute for you.
The other very important WWII vet who passed into history today was Lt. William Walker--who was in the RAF and was believed to be the oldest living Spitfire pilot who fought in the Battle of Britain. He was 99. William Walker was in Nr 616 Squadron that was based ta Leconfield. his Squadron was known as the: 616th South Yorkshire Squadron. He was shot in the ankle when his squadron was fending off an attack from a heavy German Bomber force that had a heavy German BF-109 Messerschmidt Fighter protection force. He was what Churchill considered one of "the few."
Rest in Peace William, you also have my eternal respect.