World War II Honoree

Allison Clyde Young

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Cheyenne, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENLISTED IN NAVY SERVICE IN 1942. ATTENDED OFFICER TRAINING SCHOOL AT THE NAVAL ACADEMY AT ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND. AFTER GRADUATION, COMMISSIONED AN ENSIGN AND ASSIGNED TO REMAIN AS AN OFFICER CANDIDATE INSTRUCTOR AT THE SCHOOL. LATER REASSIGNED TO SEA DUTY AS A SHIP'S ENGINEER ABOARD SEVERAL DESTROYERS. SERVED MOSTLY IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER FROM THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS NORTH. PARTICIPATED IN THE BATTLE OF THE CHINA SEA. AFTER THE END OF THE WAR, SERVED ABOARD A CAPTURED GERMAN DESTROYER WITH A MIXED CREW OF GERMANS AND AMERICANS TO DELIVER THE SHIP TO POST-WAR ENGLAND. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. ALSO AWARDED THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL FOR SERVICE IN THE LIBERATION OF THE PHILIPPINES. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.