Colonel Walker Melville "Bud" Mahurin was a United States Air Force officer and aviator. During World War II, while serving in the United States Army Air Forces, he was a flying ace.
Colonel Walter Mahurin in July 1953
Captain Mahurin of the 56th Fighter Group standing on the port wing of his P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft, conversing with its crew chief, Staff Sergeant John E. Barnes
Mahurin in Korea
Benton Harbor is a city in Berrien County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is 46 miles southwest of Kalamazoo and 71 miles southwest of Grand Rapids. According to the 2020 census, its population was 9,103. It is the smaller, by population, of the two principal cities in the Niles–Benton Harbor Metropolitan Statistical Area, an area with 156,813 people. Benton Harbor and the city of St. Joseph are separated by the St. Joseph River and are known locally as the "Twin Cities". Fairplain and Benton Heights are unincorporated areas adjacent to Benton Harbor.
Main Street in Downtown Benton Harbor
Benton Harbor City Hall
The Morton House in Benton Harbor
Arts district downtown