William R. Allen
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The Navy Cross is awarded to Lieutenant Commander William R. Allen, U.S. Navy (Reserve Forces), for distinguished service in the line of his profession while commanding the U.S.S. Transport Norragansett, operating between Southampton, England, and France, engaged in the important, exacting, and hazardous duty of transporting and escorting troops and supplies through waters infested with enemy submarines.