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Allen
Jack
Fisher
POW (WWII)

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Allen Fisher was a member of the crew of the U.S.S. Pope which was badly damaged and subsequently sank on March 1, 1942. He and the other survivors floated in life rafts or in floatation jackets throughout the night and into the following day when they were picked up and captured by the Japanese.

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Celebes Island & Java)

    Action Date:

    March 2, 1942 – July 26, 1945
    NARA Database: Records of World War II Prisoners of War, created, 1942 – 1947

    Lieutenant Allen Jack Fisher (NSN: 0-82928), United States Navy, was captured by the Japanese after his ship, the U.S.S. POPE (DD-225), was sunk on 1 March 1942, and was held as a Prisoner of War until the end of hostilities in July 1945.

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant Commander [then Lieutenant, Junior Grade]

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Celebes Island & Java)

    Action Date:

    October 2, 1943 – July 26, 1945
    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 369 (November 1947)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant Commander [then Lieutenant, Junior Grade] Allen Jack Fisher (NSN: 0-82928), United States Navy, was awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Senior American Officer in a Japanese Prisoner of War camp at Macassar, Celebes, from 2 October 1943 to 26 July 1945.