"First Lieutenant Addison M. ""Mort"" Walker was commissioned an Ordnance Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School, 22 May 1945. His first duty assignment was as a Security Officer, Ordnance Base Depot, Naples, Italy. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Intelligence Officer, Ordnance Base Depot, Naples, Italy; Investigating Officer, Ordnance Base Depot, Naples, Italy; Commanding Officer, Ordnance Base Depot, Naples, Italy; German POW Camp, Ordnance Base Depot, Naples, Italy. | Walker was the ""Beetle Bailey"" comic strip cartoonist. He passed away in 2018."