World War II Honoree

Walter E. Allen

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Wiley, Texas

Honored By

American Legion Post 92 & Douglas M. Alford, USN

Relationship

Friend

HE JOINED THE MARINES, 1943 AND ATTENDED BASIC TRAINING AT SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA AND PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII. THEN HE WAS SENT TO JOHNSON ISLAND, BACK TO PEARL HARBOR AND THEN TO GUAM. HE WAS STATIONED AT GUAM WHEN THE BOMB WAS DROPPED ON JAPAN. HE WAS TRANSFERRED BACK TO SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA THEN TO THE NAVAL AIR STATION, CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS WHERE HE WAS DISCHARGED. HE RECEIVED THE AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE RIBBON, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER MEDAL, SHARPSHOOTER BADGE AND BAYONET BADGE.