World War II Honoree

Clyde William Allen

Branch of Service

U.S. Coast Guard

Hometown

Tucson, Arizona

Honored By

Thad W. Allen

Relationship

Son

I AM VICE ADMIRAL THAD ALLEN, CHIEF OF STAFF, U.S. COAST GUARD. MY FATHER, CLYDE WILLIAM (BILL) ALLEN, SERVED IN WORLD WAR II FROM JAN 1942 TO MAR 1946. HE ENTERED THE SERVICE WHEN HE WAS SIXTEEN. HIS FIRST ASSIGMENT WAS NEWPORT, OR WHERE HE WAS ASSIGNED BEACH PATROL. HE VOLUNTEERED TO GO TO SEA AND WAS ASSIGNED TO THE USS GENERAL SCOTT, A COAST GUARD MANNED ARMY TROOP TRANSPORT. HE WAS PART OF THE COMMISSIONING CREW AND MADE SIX CRUISES TOTALLING 59,747 MILES TRANSPORTING TROOPS TO AND FROM THE SOUTH PACIFIC. HE THEN WAS A MEMBER OF THE COMMISSIONING CREW OF THE USS GENERAL HODGES, ANOTHER TROOP CARRIER. HE MADE ONE VOYAGE IN THE PACIFIC AND THEN TRANSITED TO THE ATLANTIC WHERE THEY MADE ONE TRIP TO EUROPE AND TWO TRIPS TO INDIA TO TRANSPORT TROOPS. HE ENDED HIS SERVICE IN YONKERS, NY IN 1946.