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	Biographical Information Name: John Edward Allen State of Birth: FL Home State: NM Gender: Male Race: Black or African American War or Conflict: Cold War Status: Veteran Dates of Service: 1945-1946 Branch of Service: Army Unit of Service: Company D, 11th Infantry Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division Location of Service: Fort Benning, Georgia; Fort Lewis, Washington Prisoner of War: Unknown Service History Note: Veteran was transferred to the Army Air Corps at Moton Field, Tuskegee, Alabama. War or Conflict: Cold War Status: Veteran Dates of Service: 1946-1982 Branch of Service: Army Air Forces/Corps Unit of Service: 332nd Fighter Wing (FW), Tuskegee Airmen; Strategic Air Command Location of Service: Lockbourne Army Air Force Base, Ohio; Tyndall Field, Florida; Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana; Anderson Field, Guam Prisoner of War: No War or Conflict: Korean War, 1950-1953 Status: Veteran Entrance into Service: Enlisted Branch of Service: Air Force Unit of Service: 543D and 546 Air Ammunition Squadrons Location of Service: Okinawa Island, (Ryukyu Islands); Korea; Tachikawa, Japan Highest Rank: Master Sergeant Prisoner of War: No War or Conflict: Korean War, 1950-1953 Status: Veteran Prisoner of War: Unknown War or Conflict: Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Status: Veteran Prisoner of War: Unknown	Collection Information Type of Resource: Audio: Audio Cassette [1 item] --Oral history interview Manuscript: Biographical information [2 items] --Typewritten document Manuscript: Clippings [1 item] --Typewritten document Manuscript: Regimental/unit histories [2 items] --Typewritten document Photograph: Photocopy of photographic print [6 items] --Photographs Interviewer: Lee Courtnage Contributor: Lee Courtnage Contributor Affiliation/Organization: OASIS of Albuquerque New Mexico Collection #: AFC/2001/001/53060 Subjects: Allen, John Edward Cold War--Personal Narratives United States. Army. Cold War--Personal Narratives United States. Army Air Forces/Corps. Korean War, 1950-1953--Personal Narratives United States. Air Force. Korean War, 1950-1953--Personal Narratives Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal Narratives Cite as: John Edward Allen Collection (AFC/2001/001/53060), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

John Edward Allen Collection

Biographical Information

Name:: John Edward Allen
State of Birth:: FL
Home State:: NM

Gender:: Male
Race:: Black or African American
War or Conflict:: Cold War
Status:: Veteran
Dates of Service:: 1945-1946
Branch of Service:: Army
Unit of Service:: Company D, 11th Infantry Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division
Location of Service:: Fort Benning, Georgia; Fort Lewis, Washington
Prisoner of War:: Unknown
Service History Note:: Veteran was transferred to the Army Air Corps at Moton Field, Tuskegee, Alabama.
War or Conflict:: Cold War
Status:: Veteran
Dates of Service:: 1946-1982
Branch of Service:: Army Air Forces/Corps
Unit of Service:: 332nd Fighter Wing (FW), Tuskegee Airmen; Strategic Air Command
Location of Service:: Lockbourne Army Air Force Base, Ohio; Tyndall Field, Florida; Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana; Anderson Field, Guam
Prisoner of War:: No
War or Conflict:: Korean War, 1950-1953
Status:: Veteran
Entrance into Service:: Enlisted
Branch of Service:: Air Force
Unit of Service:: 543D and 546 Air Ammunition Squadrons
Location of Service:: Okinawa Island, (Ryukyu Islands); Korea; Tachikawa, Japan
Highest Rank:: Master Sergeant
Prisoner of War:: No
War or Conflict:: Korean War, 1950-1953
Status:: Veteran
Prisoner of War:: Unknown
War or Conflict:: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Status:: Veteran
Prisoner of War:: Unknown

Collection Information

Type of Resource:: Audio: Audio Cassette [1 item] --Oral history interview; Manuscript: Biographical information [2 items] --Typewritten document; Manuscript: Clippings [1 item] --Typewritten document; Manuscript: Regimental/unit histories [2 items] --Typewritten document; Photograph: Photocopy of photographic print [6 items] --Photographs
Interviewer:: Lee Courtnage
Contributor:: Lee Courtnage
Contributor Affiliation/Organization:: OASIS of Albuquerque New Mexico
Collection #:: AFC/2001/001/53060
Subjects:: Allen, John Edward
Cold War--Personal Narratives
United States. Army.
Cold War--Personal Narratives
United States. Army Air Forces/Corps.
Korean War, 1950-1953--Personal Narratives
United States. Air Force.
Korean War, 1950-1953--Personal Narratives

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal Narratives
Cite as:: John Edward Allen Collection
(AFC/2001/001/53060), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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