Oral History Interview with Archie C. Allen, 2003 Aug. 14.

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Oral History Interview with Archie C. Allen, 2003 Aug. 14.

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Interview with Dr. Martin T. Olliff, Aug. 14, 2003, at Mr. Allen's home in Dothan, Ala., as part of the Archives of Wiregrass History and Culture Veterans History Project. Mr. Allen spoke of his childhood, military service, and life after World War 2. he donated to the Archives of Wiregrass History and Culture a bolo knife he purchased while stationed in the Philippines.

Sound recording: 1 sound cassette (ca. 60 min.) : analog.Artifact: 1 Phillipine bolo knife.

Troy University Dothan, Troy University Dothan Campus Library

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Troy University Dothan, Troy University Dothan Campus Library

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Olliff, Martin T., 1955-

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Allen, Archie C.,

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Mr. Allen, born in 1918 in Speigner, Ala., was a Marine Corps aviator in World War 2 (enlistment 1942-1946). He trained in Naval Air Stations in the Southeast U.S. then served in the Phillipines and China. He held the rank of Captain in the 1st Marine Air Wing, Marine Air Group 12, VMF 211, and won the Air Medal with 2 Gold Stars. From the description of Oral History Interview with Archie C. Allen, 2003 Aug. 14. (Troy State University - Dothan). WorldCat record id: 77008921 ...

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The U.S. Marine Corps was established on November 10, 1775. From the description of Papers, 1933-1945. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 754107146 The history of the Marine Corps Navajo Code Talkers dates from 1942-1945. In 1942, a white man by the name of Phillip Johnston, who had lived on a Navajo reservation for many years of his life, conceived an idea that he thought might help the war. He believed that the Navajo language, a verbal, rarely-written language, coul...