Walter Huber

Personal Information

Birthplace: Carroll, Iowa

Service Information

Branch of Service: Army

Unit: 52nd Signal Battalion

Theater of Operation: Pacific

Enlisted / Commissioned: Aug 16, 1943

Discharged: Jan 10, 1946

Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant

Honored By: Kathleen and David Higley

Biography

Walt was born and raised in Iowa. He served in the U.S. Army from August 16, 1943, to January 10, 1946. His basic training was at the Western Signal Corps School at Camp Davis, California. Walt then was deployed during World War II with the 52nd Signal Battalion to the Southwest Pacific in New Guinea and the Philippines.

Walt returned to Iowa, where he married Mary Catherine Weathers. Walt and Mary then moved to Nebraska, where Walt was a manager for the Goodyear Tire Company. Walt and Mary were the parents of eight children: James, Jean, Kathleen, Gerald, Michael, Mary Ellen, Janice, and Sharon.