Education, University of Florida, 1925-29; early Marine Corps training, seagoing and barracks duties; 6th Marines, Shanghai, 1938-39; barrage balloon program, 1941-43; ordnance supply, quartermaster duties 1943-46; occupation of Japan; supply support duty; 1st Marine Division Supply Officer, Korea 1951-52; duty at Marine Corps Headquarters: Head, Supply Department, Director, Marksmanship Division, Quartermaster General of Marine Corps; impressions of Marine Corps logistics planning and operations, personalities.
Veterans; World War, 1939-1945; Korean War, 1950-1953; Japan History Allied occupation, 1945-1952; Allen, Chester Robinson; United States. Marine Corps
Format
oral histories; sound recordings
Genre
Interviews
Date
1969
Note (Biographical)
Marine Corps officer.
Note
Interviewed by Lloyd E. Tatem and Benis M. Frank on May 13, 1968, and on August 21, August 26, August 28, September 9, September 11, September 16, and September 25, 1969.
Note (Provenance)
United States Marine Corps, History and Museums Division, Gift 1973