[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 39 (Thursday, February 27, 2020)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E224]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     HONORING MR. FULTON W. WALKER

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                          HON. BRUCE WESTERMAN

                              of arkansas

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, February 27, 2020

  Mr. WESTERMAN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize Mr. Fulton W. 
Walker, a three-year World War II Veteran of the United States Army. On 
February 28, 2020, Mr. Fulton W. Walker will be recognized for his 
service and commitment to the United States and presented with his 
service medals.
   Mr. Walker, of Emerson and Texarkana and resident of the Fourth 
District of Arkansas, began his service during World War II in 1943 at 
Fort Knox, Kentucky where he trained as part of a tank battalion. He 
later transferred to Fort Campbell, Kentucky as a member of a 
transportation outfit where he learned how to drive military trucks to 
haul supplies.
   In July 1944, he deployed overseas to the European Theater of 
Operations where he served in England, France, Germany and wherever 
service needs required. He worked tirelessly as a truck driver 
transporting supplies from coastal docks to the frontlines, all during 
the darkness of night to avoid enemy detection.
   At the end of the war, he returned home to Arkansas and re-entered 
the Arkansas Agricultural, Mechanical and Normal College (AM&N), now 
the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB). He graduated with a 
Bachelor of Science degree in Economics and English in May 1950. He 
then moved on to graduate school earning a Master's in Education 
Administration from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville in 1957.
   He then served in several different capacities including as an 
English teacher and high school basketball coach in Rison, Arkansas. In 
1952, he accepted a teaching position in the grade 1-12 school in Star 
City, Arkansas and two years later became principal, serving in this 
position until 1965. The Pine Bluff School District hired him into his 
next assignment where he served as elementary school principal, middle 
school principal, district central office federal title I program 
coordinator and finally assistant superintendent in charge of all 
federal programs for the Pine Bluff School District.
   Mr. Walker mentored many students throughout his 36-year career and 
served as a role model to all he interacted with. His faithful service 
to students in Southeast Arkansas is a testament to his military 
service in putting others before self.
   I am honored to recognize Mr. Fulton W. Walker and all African 
American veterans of World War II for their rich history of service and 
bravery. I thank each and every one of them for protecting the freedoms 
of this country, and hope their legacy continues for generations to 
come.

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