World War II Honoree

Allen L. Eckhart

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

East Hartford, Connecticut

Honored By

Russell Eckhart

Relationship

Son

SERVED STATESIDE AND WITH OCCUPATION FORCES AT HEADQUARTERS IN LUZON, PHILIPPINES. HE WAS THE PROVOST SERGEANT IN CHARGE OF A LARGE PRISON CAMP CONTAINING 19,000 JAPANESE PRISONERS OF WAR. HE SUPERVISED THE PROCESSING OF JAPANESE SOLDIERS RETURNING TO JAPAN AND MADE SURE THAT CONVICTED PRISONERS RECEIVED THEIR PUNISHMENT. HE SERVED OVERSEAS FOR 8 MONTHS ON LUZON. WAS AWARDED THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AMERICAN THEATER MEDAL AND THE ARMY OF OCCUPATION MEDAL.