Typed transcript of an oral history interview with John Allen, Feb. 4, 1993 / interviewed by Linda Morton-Keithley.

Idaho State Historical Society

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Allen, John J. (John Joseph), 1899-1995

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Edwin John Allen was born 5 October, 1892. His parents were Edwin John Allen and Sarah Delilah Varney. Shortly after graduation from high school, Edwin was called on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, to serve as a missionary in Japan. In 1916, Edwin was called into the military, and sent to England. He was aboard the Tuscania, headed toward Ireland, when it was sunk by German fire. Thereafter, Edwin was sent to the Occidental University to learn Morse code. He was se...

Morton-Keithley, Linda

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