World War II Honoree

Allen Francis Whitney, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Wayland, Massachusetts

Honored By

A Grateful American

SERVED IN THE AMERICAN, EUROPEAN AND ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATERS OF OPERATION AT NAVAL TRAINING STATION NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, SECTION BASE PORTLAND, MAINE, ABOARD USS RELIEF AH-1, USS COTINGA AMC-43, NAVAL TRAINING SCHOOL (ADVANCED GUNNER'S MATE) DEARBORN, MICHIGAN, NAVY SMALL CRAFT TRAINING CENTER SAN PEDRO, CALIFORNIA, ADVANCE BASE RECEIVING BARRACKS PORT HUENEME, CALIFORNIA AND USS SALISBURY SOUND AV-13. AWARDED THE AMERICAN THEATER MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER MEDAL, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.