Allen E. Smith Collection

Biographical Information

Gender:

Male

Race:

White

War or Conflict:

World War, 1939-1945

Status:

Veteran

Dates of Service:

1942-1945

Entrance into Service:

Enlisted

Branch of Service:

Army

Unit of Service:

Company C, 111th Engineers Combat Battalion, 36th Division; 385th Port Battalion, Transportation Corps, 67th Transportation Corps Service Group, 40th Transportation Corps Traffic Regulating Battalion

Location of Service:

Fort Eustis, Virginia; Wellington, New Zealand; Fremantle, Australia; Colombo, Ceylon; Bombay, India; Persian Gulf; Marseille, France; Camp Miles Standish, Massachusetts; Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania

Battles/Campaigns:

Rhineland

Highest Rank:

Master Sergeant

Prisoner of War:

No

Service History Note:

Veteran also served in the 531st Anti-Artillery Battalion. Veteran received three medals from Russia and a Cold War certificate from the Secretary of Defense.

Collection Information

Type of Resource:

Video: DVD [1 item] --Oral history interview

Manuscript: Military papers (orders, personnel/201 files, etc) [4 items] --Typewritten document

Interviewer:

Walter Zapotoczny

Contributor:

Walter Zapotoczny

Contributor Affiliation/Organization:

28th Infantry Division

Collection #:

AFC/2001/001/64790

Subjects:

Smith, Allen E.
World War, 1939-1945--Personal Narratives
United States. Army.

Cite as:

Allen E. Smith Collection
(AFC/2001/001/64790), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress