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| This is a picture of Bill Allen with his 12 year old brother outside the family farm in Alta, IL before Bill left for Europe. This would have been the last time Ben saw his brother. |
He was a prolific writer and wrote letters to his parents, his family, and to friends back in Galesburg. The Allen family kept all of the letters and shortly after the war, they published the letters in a book.
The letters describe life from boot camp in Georgia, staging in England, liberating France, and fighting to within miles of Berlin. Bill Allen was killed in April of 1945, just 19 days before V-E Day. His story is a story of courage, commitment and sacrifice. His letters give a first hand account of life as a soldier.
I would like to invite you to attend either service on May 26 as I share this story.
