Tuesday, August 11, 2015
Dear Allen Family: John Edard Allen attended the US Navy Japanese Language School at the University of Colorado from 1942-1943. I direct the US Navy Japanese/Oriental Language School Archival Project, http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/archives/collections/jlsp/index.htm, at the Archives, University of Colorado Boulder Libraries. For 15 years, I have had the pleasure and privilege of contacting, corresponding with, and talking with as many as 650 of the 1700 attendees and sensei of that school, and found them to be a distinguished, interesting, crusty, wry, and accomplished group. The project has allowed me to help preserve the historic legacy of a unique portion of my parents' generation. The only drawback to this project has been the sad duty to write such messages as this one. Please let us know if we can be of service to your family.
