Hervey Allen was a midshipman with the United States Navy from 1909 to 1910, and attended the United States Naval Academy from 1910 to 1911 when he was honorably discharged due to a track and field injury.
11 Facts About Hervey Allen
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Hervey Allen served as a 2nd lieutenant in the 18th Pennsylvania Infantry on the Mexican border in 1916 during the Pancho Villa Expedition.
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Hervey Allen was wounded in action at Fismes in August 1918.
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Hervey Allen became a Professor of English at the University of Pittsburgh.
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Hervey Allen wrote Toward the Flame, a nonfictional account of his experiences in the war.
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Hervey Allen completed three works in the series: The Forest and the Fort, Bedford Village, and Toward the Morning.
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Hervey Allen wrote Israfel, a biography of American writer Edgar Allan Poe.
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Hervey Allen was a good friend of Marjory Stoneman Douglas and instigated her writing The Everglades: River of Grass.
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Hervey Allen was close friends with Robert Frost and Ogden Nash.
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Hervey Allen died at his home, called the Glades, in Coconut Grove, Florida, at the age of 60, from a heart attack, and was found by his wife.
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Hervey Allen is buried in section 3 GN 1730C in Arlington National Cemetery.