Ed Walker (American veteran)

Ed Walker, the second-to-last surviving member of Castner's Cutthroats, in 2008.

Edgar Walker (August 28, 1917 – October 28, 2011) was an American veteran of World War II, businessman, publisher and writer. Walker was the penultimate surviving member of "Castner's Cutthroats", a regiment consisting of sixty-five men who performed reconnaissance missions in the Aleutian Islands during World War II.[1] Castner's Cutthroats was the unofficial name of the 1st Alaskan Combat Intelligence Platoon.

  1. ^ "Last 'Cutthroat' dies at age 94". Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman. October 31, 2011. Retrieved November 19, 2011.