World War II Honoree

Emory W. Allen

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Dacoma, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE ON AUGUST 19, 1943 AT FORT SILL, AT LAWTON, OKLAHOMA. TRAINED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER AT CAMP GRUBER AT BRAGGS, OKLAHOMA. HIS REGIMENT STAGED AT CAMP KILMER AT STELTON, NEW JERSEY ON NOVEMBER 16, 1944 AWAITING OVERSEAS DEPLOYMENT. SAILED FROM THE NEW YORK PORT OF EMBARKATION ON NOVEMBER 25, 1944 AND ARRIVED AT MARSEILLE, FRANCE ON DECEMBER 7, 1944. SERVED AS AN INFANTRYMAN OVERSEAS IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER, IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO), WITH COMPANY M, 3RD BATTALION, 222ND INFANTRY REGIMENT, 42ND INFANTRY 'RAINBOW' DIVISION. PARTICIPATED IN THE RHINELAND, ARDENNES-ALSACE (BATTLE OF THE BULGE), AND CENTRAL EUROPE CAMPAIGNS. SERVED WITH ARMY OCCUPATION FORCES IN GERMANY AFTER THE WAR. AWARDED THE COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, BRONZE STAR MEDAL, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 3 BRONZE SERVICE STARS (3 CAMPAIGNS), WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AND ARMY OF OCCUPATION MEDAL WITH ‘GERMANY’ CLASP. HONORABLY DISCHARGED ON JULY 19, 1946, WITH THE RANK OF TECHNICAL SERGEANT AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.