Frank Robinson Walker (1899–1976) was an admiral in the United States Navy during World War II, most notably during the Solomon Islands campaign between 1942 and 1943. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Solomon Islands campaign was a major campaign of the Pacific War of World War II.

Born in Florence, Alabama, Walker entered the United States Naval Academy, graduating in 1922. Florence is a city in and the County seat of Lauderdale County, Alabama, United States, in the northwestern corner of the state The United States Naval Academy is an undergraduate college in Annapolis, Maryland, United States that educates and commissions officers of the United States Serving in various positions throughout the 1920s and 1930s, Walker distinguished himself during the attack on Pearl Harbor when, commanding Patterson (DD-392), he was one of the few captains to escape the harbor during the raid. The attack on Pearl Harbor (or Hawaii Operation, as it was called by the Imperial General Headquarters) was a surprise Military strike conducted by Pre-war Patterson departed Puget Sound Navy Yard 26 November 1937, calling at San Francisco en route to Pearl Harbor arriving 7 December In early 1942, Walker was assigned command of Destroyer Division 8 in the Southwest Pacific area, later leading screening and reconnaissance operation shortly before the landings at Guadalcanal and Tulagi on August 7, 1942. Guadalcanal (local name Isatabu) is a 2510- Square mile (6500- km²) Island in the Pacific Ocean and a province of the Solomon Tulagi, less commonly Tulaghi, is a small Island (55 km by 1 km in the Solomon Islands, just off the south coast of Florida Island. Events 322 BC - Battle of Crannon between Athens and Macedon following the death of Alexander the Great. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Walker would take part in the Battle of Savo Island during the night of August 8–9, where Japanese naval forces sank one Australian and three American cruisers suffering minimal casualties. The Battle of Savo Island, also known as the First Battle of Savo Island and in Japanese sources as the, took place August 8 – August 9 1942 Events 1220 - Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula. Events 48 BC - Caesar's civil war: Battle of Pharsalus - Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus The Royal Australian Navy ( RAN) is the naval branch of the Australian Defence Force. A cruiser is a large type of Warship, which had its prime period from the late 19th century to the end of the Cold War.

While commanding Destroyer Squadron 4 during the Solomon Islands campaign, Walker failed to prevent a Japanese naval force consisting of nine destroyers and twelve various other ships from evacuating the 600-man garrison during the Battle of Vella Lavella on October 6–7, 1943. The Solomon Islands campaign was a major campaign of the Pacific War of World War II. In naval terminology a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance Warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, Convoy Events 105 BC - Battle of Arausio: The Cimbri inflict the heaviest defeat on the Roman army of Gnaeus Mallius Maximus Events 3761 BC - The epoch (origin of the modern Hebrew calendar ( Proleptic Julian calendar) Appointed commander of Roosevelt Base and Small Craft Training Center at San Pedro (now part of Los Angeles, California) the following year, Walker would remain in that post for the remainder of the war. San Pedro is a beach community within Los Angeles California, USA Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West

In 1946, Walker was given command of Astoria (CA-34), until appointed to the Ships' Organization Board, and later the Navy Department's Navy Regulation Board the following year. Construction commissioning shakedown cruise Astoria was laid down on 1 September 1930 at the Puget Sound Navy Yard, reclassified as a Walker would eventually resign from military service in 1952 and lived in retirement until his death in 1976.

References

• Shipmate obituary notice (December 1976).
• U. S. Naval Historical Center Biographical File, 1947.

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