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WALTON WALKER
       

Walton H. Walker was a World War II Corps commander in the U.S. Army.

       

He was a Lieutenant General during the Korean War and Commander of the US Eighth Army in Pusan. He was nicknamed Johnnie Walker, after his favorite brand of whiskey.

       

He served under General George S. Patton, who called him “my fightingest son-of-a-bitch".