World War II Honoree

Peter F. Allen

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Tompkinsville, New York

Honored By

Donna E. Fiocca

Relationship

Daughter

SERVED IN THE OKINAWA CAMPAIGN ON USS YMS-362. HE AND HIS CREW LATER ENTERED TOKYO BAY AS PART OF THE SWEEP UNIT WHICH CLEARED ANCHORAGE BERTHS ENABLING THE LARGE UNITS OF THE U.S. PACIFIC FLEET TO ANCHOR SAFELY. THE USS YMS 362 WAS THE FIFTH ALLIED SHIP TO ENTER TOKYO BAY, JAPAN AND WAS PRESENT AT THE SIGNING OF THE JAPANESE INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER ON 2 SEPTEMBER 1945.