Criteria The Purple Heart may be awarded to any member of the Armed Forces of the United States who, while serving under competent authority in any capacity with one of the Armed Forces, has been wounded, kill... The Purple Heart may be awarded to any member of the Armed Forces of the United States who, while serving under competent authority in any capacity with one of the Armed Forces, has been wounded, killed, or who has died or may die of wounds received in armed combat or as a result of an act of international terrorism. MoreHide
Criteria The American Campaign Medal was awarded for For thirty days service outside the Continental United States but within the American Theater of Operations between December 7, 1941, and March 2, 1946; or,... The American Campaign Medal was awarded for For thirty days service outside the Continental United States but within the American Theater of Operations between December 7, 1941, and March 2, 1946; or, an aggregate service of one year within the Continental United States during the same period under the following circumstances: On permanent assignment outside the continental limits of the United States; or, On permanent assignment as a member of a crew of a vessel sailing ocean waters for a period of 30 consecutive days or 60 non-consecutive days; or, For service outside the continental limits of the United States in a passenger status or on temporary duty for 30 consecutive days or 60 non consecutive days; or, For service in active combat against the enemy and awarded a combat decoration or furnished a certificate by the commanding general of a corps, higher unit, or independent force that the individual actually participated in combat; or, For service within the continental limits of the United States for an aggregate period of one year. MoreHide
Criteria The Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal was awarded for for qualifying service within the Asiatic-Pacific Theater of Operations between December 7, 1941, and March 2, 1946, under any of the following condi... The Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal was awarded for for qualifying service within the Asiatic-Pacific Theater of Operations between December 7, 1941, and March 2, 1946, under any of the following conditions: On permanent assignment within the Asiatic-Pacific Theater; or, For service in a passenger status or on temporary duty for 30 consecutive days or 60 non-consecutive days; or, For service in active combat in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater of Operations against the enemy and awarded a combat decoration or furnished a certificate by the commanding general of a corps, higher unit, or independent force that the individual actually participated in combat. MoreHide
Best Friends Allen was assigned to the U.S.S.Shamrock Bay on March 15, 1944. The ship remained on the West Coast until June 1944 when it was assigned to the Atlantic Ocean to transport planes and personnel to Morocco in North Africa and return with damaged P-40 aircraft. Allen Ladd, Sr. and Ethel Ladd’s first child, Frances Pearl Ladd, was born on October 9, 1945 in Norfolk, Virginia, shortly after Allen Ladd, Sr., had been scheduled for discharge. The Navy extended his service for another week so that Frances could be delivered in a military hospital. Allen, Ethel and Francis returned to Pine Bluff, Arkansas, after the war where Allen enrolled in photography school on the GI bill. In 1946 he moved the family to Francisco, California.
Best Moment
Allen vision for his life started when he left Virginia where he was deported after war.
When relocated to California Allen started his new life with his bride Ethel. Allen was a forerunner in the spirit. When calling those things as if they were not into existence, Allen would experience God’s grace with his prophetic gift. Ethel’s talent as a mentor teacher and help Allen achieve his dream, which they was able to manage their Signal Station business. They stayed in business for six years, from 1958 to 1964. The City of San Francisco brought the land under eminent domain. They stop doing business in 1964.
Worst Moment When I was knocked unconscious and covered with so much flesh and blood of fallen soldiers on the U.S.S. Zane.
Other Memories Allen would later moved from San Francisco after 25 years retiring from Van Ness Chrysler and relocate to San Jose, Ca. He was active member of Automobile Mechanic Union Association. Allen and Ethel have 40 grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren.
Allen and Ethel believed in the power of love through prayer. If you were to ask them what makes a marriage strong, they would say, “take the good with the bad; be strong when the going gets tough and pray until something happens.” Allen and Ethel spends the end of their years in Las Vegas where he was close to his brother Alton. They had a strong love marriage and truly loved God. The were a living testimony of true love. Allen and Ethel lived by these words: Have God’s Love; Humility and Forgiveness and Trust in the Lord with all your Heart.
"Philippians 2:13; for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose."
Allen was assigned to the U.S.S.Shamrock Bay on March 15, 1944.
The ship remained on the West Coast until June 1944 when it was assigned to the Atlantic Ocean to transport planes and personnel to Morocco in North Africa and return with damaged P-40 aircraft. Allen Ladd, Sr. and Ethel Ladd’s first child, Frances Pearl Ladd, was born on October 9, 1945 in
Norfolk, Virginia, shortly after Allen Ladd, Sr., had been scheduled for discharge. The Navy extended his service for another week so that Frances could be delivered in a military hospital. Allen, Ethel and Francis returned to Pine Bluff, Arkansas, after the war where Allen enrolled in photography school on the GI bill. In 1946 he moved the family to Francisco, California.
Allen vision for his life started when he left Virginia where he was deported after war.
When relocated to California Allen started his new life with his bride Ethel. Allen was a forerunner in the spirit. When calling those things as if they were not into existence, Allen would experience God’s grace with his prophetic gift. Ethel’s talent as a mentor teacher and help Allen achieve his dream, which they was able to manage their Signal Station business. They stayed in business for six years, from 1958 to 1964. The City of San Francisco brought the land under eminent domain. They stop doing business in 1964.
When I was knocked unconscious and covered with so much flesh and blood of fallen soldiers on the U.S.S.
Zane.
Allen would later moved from San Francisco after 25 years retiring from Van Ness Chrysler and relocate to San Jose, Ca. He was active member of Automobile Mechanic Union Association.
Allen and Ethel have 40 grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren.
Allen and Ethel believed in the power of love through prayer. If you were to ask them what makes a marriage strong, they would say, “take the good with the bad; be strong when the going gets tough and pray until something happens.” Allen and Ethel spends the end of their years in Las Vegas where he was close to his brother Alton. They had a strong love marriage and truly loved God. The were a living testimony of true love. Allen and Ethel lived by these words: Have God’s Love; Humility and Forgiveness and Trust in the Lord with all your Heart.
"Philippians 2:13; for it is God who works in you to
will and to act according to his good purpose."