World War II Honoree

Charles W. Allen

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Montrose, Colorado

Honored By

Orville L. Kline

RANK: CAPTAIN. HE ENTERED THE U.S. ARMY NOVEMBER 11, 1941 AS AN ENLISTEE AND WAS LATER ACCEPTED INTO THE OFFICERS CANDIDATE SCHOOL TRAINING PROGRAM (OCS). RECEIVED HIS TRAINING AT FORT BLISS, TEXAS, CAMP ROBERTS, CALIFORNIA, FORT LEWIS, WASHINGTON, FORT BENNING, GEORGIA AND SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, HAWAII. SERVED IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. CAMPAIGNS: NEW GUINEA AND THE INVASION OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. ALSO, SERVED WITH THE OCCUPATION FORCES IN KOREA AFTER ALL HOSTILITIES HAD CEASED WITH THE JAPANESE ARMED FORCES. DECORATIONS: BRONZE STAR MEDAL (AWARDED FOR BRAVERY, ACT OF MERIT AND MERITORIOUS ACHIEVEMENT), AMERICAN DEFENSE CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH A BRONZE ARROWHEAD AND 2 BRONZE BATTLE STARS, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON WITH 1 BRONZE BATTLE STAR, COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE AND THE HONORABLE LAPEL BUTTON.