World War II Honoree

Allen Warren Bailey

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Superior, Wisconsin

Honored By

Marilee Anderson

Relationship

Daughter

ENLISTED ON DECEMBER 30, 1941 IN SUPERIOR, WISCONSIN. HE WAS ASSIGNED TO SCOTTFIELD, ILLINOIS TO BE TRAINED AS A FLIGHT RADIO OPERATOR. HE WAS SENT TO NEW ORLEANS TO RECEIVE HIS OVERSEAS ASSIGNMENT. HIS ASSIGNMENT ORIGINATED IN TRINIDAD, SOUTH AMERICA AND HE WAS THEN TRANSFERRED TO NATAL, BRAZIL FOR HIS PERMANENT ASSIGNMENT. ATTACHED TO THE AIR TRANSPORT COMMAND WITH THE ASSIGNMENT OF FLYING ON BOMBERS TO AFRICA, INDIA, ITALY AND ENGLAND. HE RECEIVED THE AIR MEDAL FOR MERITORIOUS DUTY IN LATE 1944. HONORABLE DISCHARGE WITH THE END OF HOSTILITIES ON DECEMBER 30, 1945.