A folded American flag is presented to Robert Walker, nephew of Corporal James McKinley Walker, during graveside services Friday at the IOOF Cemetery in Maramec, honoring the Pawnee native who died as a prisoner of war during World War II and was returned home more than 80 years later. Photo by John Burns
James McKinley Walker
MARAMEC — On a day that felt as if it had been set aside just for him, the wind moved gently through naked oaks, rattling the few dry leaves still clinging to the trees. The sun, angled by winter, sat bright but not harsh, and the air carried that unmistakable Oklahoma chill that reminds you winter is just the other side of the barbed-wire fence.
It was breezy, and crisp, and beautiful. The kind of…
