[1] Col. Swank received numerous awards for meritorious and outstanding service with the United States Air Force during World War II and the Korean War, and a Distinguished Service Citation from the Secretary of the Treasury.
Col. Swank "...was a member of the Federal Personnel Councils of Cincinnati, Ohio, Chicago, Illinois, San Francisco, Calif., and Anchorage, Alaska.
Colonel Swank also wrote about Abraham Lincoln's sense of humor, and incidents concerning Ulysses S. Grant.
Colonel Swank died on May 6, 2008, and is interred at Bethphage Christian Church, Frederick's Hall, Virginia.
The "Colonel Walbrook D. Swank Collection" of the Louisa County Public Library is named in his honor.