Allen arrived in India late in the war and was given command of the "Repairadise Club" in Agra. The Agra station was one of sixteen in the Indian-Burma theatre. The airforce base at Agra was a key depot and repair facility for the India-China Division, Air Transport Command. Allen described her mission and the conditions of the assignment: "We had no individual radios. No U.S. newspapers. And, of course, no yet-to-be invented T.V. The movies shown on benches after dark were black and white and mostly westerns. Homesickness was the major malady; and it was a primary effort on our part to keep the GIs busy with activities such as club competitions in volleyball, golf (a two hole, sandy, home-made course, basketball and baseball." "My radio messages were always upbeat," Allen explained after the war, "And the music was wonderful. Being 'on air' 55 minutes nightly was part of my weekly duty. We had great respect for the service men who seemed to appreciate everything we tried to do for them."
