 Walker courted Marguerite Potter , a sorority member and sociology graduate at the Norman campus of the University of Oklahoma . The two were married in September 1922 . In lieu of a honeymoon , they boarded a troop transport to the Philippines on 12 December 1922 . Walker initially became Commander of the Air Intelligence Section at Camp Nichols . He was then posted to the Philippine Air Depot , where he served at various times as property officer , supply officer , adjutant , and depot inspector , before ultimately being assigned to the 28th Bombardment Squadron in 1924 . In August 1923 he crashed an Airco DH.4 on take off but walked away unhurt . The Walkers had two sons , Kenneth Jr . , born in February 1927 , and Douglas , born in January 1933 . 
