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{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
| name=William Stewart Walker<br>
| name=William Stewart Walker<br>
'''William Stewart Walker,''' usually known as '''Stewart Walker''' (October 6, 1914 – February 6, 1999), was a lieutenant colone froom Winnfield [[Louisiana]], who during [[World War II]] as a [[United States Army]] major, rescued 380 of his fellow soldiers from behind enemy lines in [[Belgium]] in December 1944. In 1964, he ran unsuccessfully as a [[Republican Party|Republican]] for Louisiana's since disbanded 8th congressional district seat in the [[United States House of Representatives]].
'''William Stewart Walker,''' usually known as '''Stewart Walker''' (October 6, 1914 – February 6, 1999), was a lieutenant colone froom Winnfield [[Louisiana]], who during [[World War II]] as a [[United States Army]] major, rescued 380 of his fellow soldiers from behind enemy lines in [[Belgium]] in December 1944. In 1964, he ran unsuccessfully as a [[Republican Party|Republican]] for Louisiana's since disbanded 8th congressional district seat in the [[United States House of Representatives]].
==Background==
==Background==
Walker was born in the Wyatt Community of southern Jackson Parish just north of the Winn Parish line in north Louisiana, to William Thomas Walker and the former Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" Stovall (1877–1951), Walker was descended from a large and influential family. William Thomas and Lizzie Walker married in 1896 and had ten other children: Charles Elmer Walker (1897–1941), Pyburn Elton Walker (1899–1987), Edgar Lee "Ed" Walker (1901–1972), Vester Walker (1902–1906), Gladys Oneta Walker (1904–1963), William Elmo Walker (1905–1956), L. Z. Walker (1907–1993), Grace Mae Walker (1909–1991), Edwin Olen Walker (1911–1978), and George Thomas Walker, Sr. (1913–2011).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thenewsstar/obituary.aspx?n=george-thomas-walker&pid=152392279|title=George T. Walker|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|accessdate=July 6, 2011}}</ref> At the time of his mother's death in 1951, the obituary lists Walker as a lieutenant colonel in [[Vienna]], [[Austria]]. "Ed" Walker was a football coach at the [[University of Mississippi]] at Oxford who led his team to an early Orange Bowl competition, and Olen Walker had been a college football player. George T. Walker, the only sibling to survive William S. Walker, was a dean at [[Northwestern State University]] in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]] and the retired president of the University of Louisiana at [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.transportcemetery.com/Walker_MES.html|title=Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" Stovall, Transport Cemetery records, Dodson, Louisiana|publisher=Transportcemetery|accessdate=July 19, 2009}}</ref>
Walker was born in the Wyatt Community of southern Jackson Parish just north of the Winn Parish line in north Louisiana, to William Thomas Walker and the former Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" Stovall (1877–1951), Walker was descended from a large and influential family. William Thomas and Lizzie Walker married in 1896 and had ten other children: Charles Elmer Walker (1897–1941), Pyburn Elton Walker (1899–1987), Edgar Lee "Ed" Walker (1901–1972), Vester Walker (1902–1906), Gladys Oneta Walker (1904–1963), William Elmo Walker (1905–1956), L. Z. Walker (1907–1993), Grace Mae Walker (1909–1991), Edwin Olen Walker (1911–1978), and George Thomas Walker, Sr. (1913–2011).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thenewsstar/obituary.aspx?n=george-thomas-walker&pid=152392279|title=George T. Walker|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|accessdate=July 6, 2011}}</ref> At the time of his mother's death in 1951, the obituary lists Walker as a lieutenant colonel in [[Vienna]], [[Austria]]. "Ed" Walker was a football coach at the [[University of Mississippi]] at Oxford who led his team to an early Orange Bowl competition, and Olen Walker had been a college football player. George T. Walker, the only sibling to survive William S. Walker, was a dean at [[Northwestern State University]] in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]] and the retired president of the University of Louisiana at [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.transportcemetery.com/Walker_MES.html|title=Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" Stovall, Transport Cemetery records, Dodson, Louisiana|publisher=Transportcemetery|accessdate=July 19, 2009}}</ref>
Walker graduated from Northwestern State University. On September 1, 1940, he married the former Mary Elizabeth Abel (November 29, 1911 – September 2, 1999), a [[music]] teacher in Winnfield and the daughter of Florence Kees (1875-1949) and Perry Kees Abel, Sr. (1867-1966).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=60525&h=4983239&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=2442|title=Perry Kees Abel|publisher=Ancestry.com|accessdate=March 26, 2019}}</ref>
Walker graduated from Northwestern State University. On September 1, 1940, he married the former Mary Elizabeth Abel (November 29, 1911 – September 2, 1999), a [[music]] teacher in Winnfield and the daughter of Florence Kees (1875-1949) and Perry Kees Abel, Sr. (1867-1966).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=60525&h=4983239&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=2442|title=Perry Kees Abel|publisher=Ancestry.com|accessdate=March 26, 2019}}</ref>
==Military service==
==Military service==
Walker's military exploits in December 1944 were related by the [[Associated Press]] war correspondent Kenneth L. Dixon, later of ''The Baton Rouge Advocate''. In an article entitled "Major William S. Walker Leads Yanks From Nazis Lines In Daring Exploit; Beat Off Numerous Attacks In 6 Days," Dixon describes Walker as having used "cage strategy" to bring his men to safety. Dixon reported that the men had been "isolated and encircled for five days and nights" east of Marche, Belgium.
Walker's military exploits in December 1944 were related by the [[Associated Press]] war correspondent Kenneth L. Dixon, later of ''The Baton Rouge Advocate''. In an article entitled "Major William S. Walker Leads Yanks From Nazis Lines In Daring Exploit; Beat Off Numerous Attacks In 6 Days," Dixon describes Walker as having used "cage strategy" to bring his men to safety. Dixon reported that the men had been "isolated and encircled for five days and nights" east of Marche, Belgium.
Dixon described the exploits as:
Dixon described the exploits as:
There is no evidence that Walker received any medals or commendation for his work in the relief of the soldiers in Belgium.
There is no evidence that Walker received any medals or commendation for his work in the relief of the soldiers in Belgium.
==Republican congressional candidate==
==Republican congressional campaign, 1964==
On returning to Louisiana after his military career ended in compulsory retirement, Walker taught military science for a time at his ''alma mater'', Northwestern State University, where his brother, George T. Walker, was then the dean.<ref>Statement of Ellen Walker Stephenson of Lancaster, [[Pennsylvania]], a niece of William S. Walker, September 2008.</ref>
On returning to Louisiana after his military career ended in compulsory retirement, Walker taught military science for a time at his ''alma mater'', Northwestern State University, where his brother, George T. Walker, was then the dean.<ref>Statement of Ellen Walker Stephenson of Lancaster, [[Pennsylvania]], a niece of William S. Walker, September 2008.</ref>