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Bowman Gum Company Fight the Red Menace: The Children's Crusade against Communism trading cards; 18. General Walton H. Walker

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09627.18 Author/Creator: Bowman Gum Company Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Trading card Date: 1951 Pagination: 1 collecting card Height: 6 cm, Width: 8 cm Order a Copy

One trading card from the Red Menace collection, "18. General Walton H. Walker" consists of a portrait of General Walton H. Walker. Reverse side contains propaganda narrative regarding background information of Walker, the commander of the 8th Army. Text details his death on December 23, 1950 due to a jeep attack by a South Korean army truck.

Walker, Walton H., 1889-1950

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