Seaman William Orval Allee (US Navy)

(Photo by Regent Studio, 72 Regent Street, London on 8 Jan. 1945)

Photos Copyrighted by Brandon Kunicki

Please do not copy, link to, or otherwise use these photos without the written consent of Brandon Kunicki bdk@geocities.com

This website is intended to be a memorial to one Seaman Allee, US Navy. One of the millions who gave "the best years of their lives" to insure the continued freedoms I enjoy today.

Although I never met you Seaman Allee, I am forever indebted...

These photos are part of a collection I purchased at the Great Western Gun Show- Pomona, California (USA). I can only assume that these photos became available due to the sale of Seaman Allee's worldly belongings upon his passing.

Underlined text indicates captions found on the back of the pictures.

(Parenthetical text indicates my comments)

Weymouth England, November 1944

Picture of Bitner and Foard

(Obviously they've been away from home for a while!) 

(Seaman Allee manages to keep his hands to himself)

Weymouth England, December 1944

(Taking the Jeep for a spin!)

Taken in Weymouth England, December 1944

(That's either a foxhole or an awful large latrine!)

January 1945

(Landing craft awaiting action)

January 1945

View of docks in Weymouth England. Picture of an L.S.T. and L.C.T.

Weymouth England, January 1945

L.C.M.'s

(Sailing buddies, Pvt. Allee on right)

(Private Allee strikes the naval hero pose)

Weymouth England, January 1945

(Invasion barriers along coast)

Weymouth England, January 1945

L.C.I.

(Landing Craft Infantry)

February 2, 1945

(Unknown town in ruins)

Entrance of a dyke in Belgium along the Albert Canal, also view of an L.C.M., Feb. 1945

Walter Bitner is the highest person in the picture.

Plymouth England, February 1945

The original stone.

(Inscription reads, "Mayflower 1620")

In front of the Mayflower stone.

Toul France, March 1945

Picture of the trucks and the boats. Friend in background.

(Pacific Car and Foundry Co. Tractor Truck M26 "Dragon Wagon")

Toul France, March 1945

Loading the boats a few days before the crossing.

(M26s transport landing craft)

Toul France, March 1945

View of the base. Taken from my room.

Toul France, March 1945

In back of me is part of a German airplane.

Germany, April 1945

Picture of the Rhine

(Note G.I. carrying folding stocked M1 paratrooper carbine)

Germany, April 1945

Picture of the Rhine River and bridge that the Army is building, or should I say, repairing.

(Tracked vehicle is a Grant CDL- Canal Defense Light, basically an armored searchlight)

Germany, April 1945

Picture of the bridge that the Army is repairing. One of our boats is in the water in front of the bridge.

(Note floating bridge/dock in foreground)

Germany, April 1945

Picture of the Rhine River.

(GMC CCKW 6X6 cargo trucks cross a pontoon bridge- note the inflatable pontoons. Sign reads, "Built by 160 ENGR C BN (engineering construction battalion), 997 TRDWY (Temporary Roadway?) CO, LENGTH 1896 FT") 

Picture of the Rhine River and trucks full of German prisoners.

(The young sailor poses in front of a bridge full of refugees)

Germany, April 1945

Picture of the railroad station in the city of Mainz.

Germany, April 1945

On the Rhine River. We are taking a truck across. Floating bridge in the background.

Germany, April 1945

House we lived in for a while. It's in the city of Mainz.

Germany, April 1945

Loading point for our boats in the city of Mainz.

(Landing craft unloads Shermans- note sunken boat in background)

Germany, April 1945

Taken in Mainz at the loading point on the Rhine.

(M4A1 Sherman Medium Tank)

Germany, April 1945

Picture of the apartment house I lived in. It is in the city of Wiesbaden.

Germany, April 1945

Picture of our Navy sign, it's hanging in front of the apartment house in Wiesbaden.

Germany, April 1945

Some of the fellows in front of the apartment house. The name of the city is Wiesbaden.

Germany, April 1945

Picture of myself taken in front of the apartment house in the city of Wiesbaden.

(Navy Unit 2, U.S.A. Next Stop, Then Tokyo)

Germany, May 2nd 1945

"Chowdown" somewhere along the line.

Various Documents and Orders  

20 Jul '43        CPC 5 Firefighter    Naval Air Station Santa Ana, California    US Navy Department Notice of Efficiency Rating   As of 4/28/43 for service beginning 10/28/42 

19 May '45     Pvt    AAF Personal Affairs Statement    Keesler Field, Mississippi    Date Entered Active Duty (this tour) January 1945

06 Jul '45        Pvt    Physical Processing Sheet    

14 Aug '45      Pvt    Special Orders    Headquarters Buckley Field Denver, Colorado    To AAFBU Lemoore Field California (4AF)

10 Sep '45      Pvt    Lemoore AAF, California    Certificate of Necessity for Issue of Special Shoes    Member of a Non-Tactical Unit    (must have had flat feet!)

05 Apr '46      Army Exchange Ration Card    131st Reinf. Bn. APO 208    

01 May '46    Pfc    AAF/ET Reinforcement Depot (Prov)    Furstenfeldbruck, Germany    

12 Jun '46      Cpl AC    Headquarters AAF/ET Replacement Depot (Prov)    Furstenfeldbruck, Germany    Movement Orders to Reception Center No. 11 Fort Bliss, Texas

29 Jun '46    The Zanesville Victory Daily Roll (S.S. Zanesville)    Docks this date at Staten Island Pier #11

 

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