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World War II Honoree

Civilian on the Home Front

Otho W. Allen

Hometown

Rockville Centre, New York

Honored By

Ms. Jane Allen Shikoh

Relationship

Daughter

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

Civilian assigned to the European Theater of Operations. French teacher before the war. Worked with the Office of War Information, Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force which involved preparing and disseminating informational materials to the civilian population in the part of France that had recently been freed from German occupation. Travelled France July, 1944 to January, 1946 distributing books and pamphlets updating the French community of peacetime aims of the Allied nations.