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Podcast: Veterans Chronicles
Episode: CMDCM Leon Walker, Jr., U.S. Navy, Attack on the USS Stark
Description: Leon Walker, Jr. grew up in a family full of Army and Marine Corps veterans. He tried to enlist in the Marines but the recruiter didn't want to be bothered on his lunch hour. Within minutes, Walker joined the U.S. Navy. He was initially assigned to serve as a deckhand on the fast frigate USS Reid, but on his first deployment he started learning how to navigate. For the next 21 years, he served as a navigator on many different deployments before rising to the rank of command master chief.On his second deployment, Walker and the USS...