Walter S. Gorka [SEP] conflict
Walter S. Gorka
Walter S. Gorka (1922–1942) was a United States Navy sailor killed in action during World War II who received the Air Medal posthumously for his actions.
Biography.
Walter Stanley Gorka was born in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, on 24 March 1922. He enlisted in the United States Naval Reserve at Hartford, Connecticut, on 15 May 1940 and eventually attained the rate of aviation ordnanceman third class.
During Operation Torch, the Allied amphibious landings in North Africa, Gorka was a bombardier and gunner
USS Walter S. Gorka (APD-114)
USS "Walter S. Gorka" (APD-114), ex-DE-604, was a United States Navy high-speed transport in commission from 1945 to 1947.
Construction and commissioning.
"Walter S. Gorka" was laid down as the "Rudderow"-class destroyer escort USS "Walter S. Gorka" (DE-604) on 20 March 1945 by Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., at Hingham, Massachusetts. She was reclassified as a "Crosley"-class high-speed transport and redesignated APD-114 during construction