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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Allen Leroy Geiser

Branch of Service

U.S. Coast Guard

Hometown

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Friends of American Heroes

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

SERVED IN THE COAST GUARD ABOARD THE USS SAMUEL CHASE, AN ATTACK TRANSPORT. HE PARTICIPATED IN THE INVASIONS OF LEYTE GULF, OKINAWA, IWO JIMA, MARIANA ISLANDS AND JAPAN, 3 DAYS AFTER THE ATOMIC BOMB WAS DROPPED. IN SEPTEMBER 1945, HE WAS ON THE BATTLESHIP USS MISSOURI WHEN THE JAPANESE SIGNED THE PEACE TREATY THERE.