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On December 23, 1944, pilots in unarmed C-47s attempted unsuccessfully to fly in supplies. On December 24, three German officers appeared in half-tracks bearing a white flag. They told Hogan that the Allied position was hopeless. The men saluted when Hogan replied that he had been ordered to fight to the finish. Lieutenant Harold L. W. Randall of White Cloud, [[Kansas]], led an exploratory patrol. On [[Christmas Day]], the force was ordered to try to make a run for it. The men blackened their faces and removed their helmets to confuse enemy patrols. They damaged their armored vehicles to make them useless to the enemy. Hogan's men hiked over terrain so rugged that the Nazis had not thought it necessary to man the areas. Finally, on December 26, all but twenty of the four hundred men returned in triumph.<ref name=dixon/>
On December 23, 1944, pilots in unarmed C-47s attempted unsuccessfully to fly in supplies. On December 24, three German officers appeared in half-tracks bearing a white flag. They told Hogan that the Allied position was hopeless. The men saluted when Hogan replied that he had been ordered to fight to the finish. Lieutenant Harold L. W. Randall of White Cloud, [[Kansas]], led an exploratory patrol. On [[Christmas Day]], the force was ordered to try to make a run for it. The men blackened their faces and removed their helmets to confuse enemy patrols. They damaged their armored vehicles to make them useless to the enemy. Hogan's men hiked over terrain so rugged that the Nazis had not thought it necessary to man the areas. Finally, on December 26, all but twenty of the four hundred men returned in triumph.<ref name=dixon/>
Walker's subsequent activities were thereafter reported by ''The New Orleans Times Picayune'' under the headline "'Task Force Hogan' Back from New Armored Raid Deep into Germany".<ref>"'Task Force Hogan' Back from New Armored Raid Deep into Germany", January 9, 1945</ref>
Walker's subsequent activities were thereafter reported by ''The New Orleans Times Picayune'' under the headline "'Task Force Hogan' Back from New Armored Raid Deep into Germany".<ref>"'Task Force Hogan' Back from New Armored Raid Deep into Germany", ''New Orleans Times-Picayune'', January 9, 1945.</ref>
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.