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Navy VeleransT9CMOKE THA.N TWENTY YEARS of naval service are accounted for in the records of these four brothers, sons of Mr. and Mrs. GroverW. Allen, of Crete.Richard R. Allen, C.P.C., U.S.N.,(top photo), came up through the ranks to be chief warrant officer.He entered the service August 8, 1934. Since then he has servedat bases and on vessels in many parts of the world. He was at sea on a tanker when the w’ar started, aLater he w*as assigned to a trans- j c port operating in the Northern y Pacific. At present he is at an vamphibious training base on the ^ East coast.Grover W. Allen, Jr., motor machinist’s mate first class, enlisted June 13, 1939. After completing his training he was on sub-L.Nl!JImarine duty until early this year, p I For more than a year he was in the J thick of the fighting in the Southwest Pacific. Recently he com-spleted two and one-half months with a relief crew at a South Pa-(cific island prior to assignment toa newly commissioned submarine.George Stewart Allen, chief storekeeper, has been in the navysince September 4, 1940. As a crew member of the U.S.S. North-tampton he was in thirteen major battles before that heavy cruiser w*as sunk on December 1, 1942, while protecting the carrier Hornet. After brief periods on a battleship and a destroyer, he was stationed at Roosevelt Field, Long Island. He is a former employe of THE STAR.1]Robert M. Allen, photographer’s mate first class, entered the service in August, 1942, exactly eight years after his brother Richard began a naval career. Assigned to the Seabees. he saw combat in theAleutians and wras in the NorthernPacific area for twenty months. He recently returned to Camp Parks, Calif.t
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Homewood Flossmoor Star
Homewood, Illinois, US
Tue, Jun 13, 1944
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