Editing Allen Swift (section)

==Early life and education==
He was born January 16, 1924,<ref name=nytobit>{{cite news|last=Grimes|first=William|title=Allen Swift, Voice Actor for Radio and TV, Dies at 86|work=The New York Times|date=April 27, 2010|accessdate=January 16, 2024|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/28/arts/28swift.html}}</ref> in [[Washington Heights, Manhattan]], and raised in [[Brooklyn]]. Swift graduated from the [[High School of Music & Art]], after which he enlisted in the [[United States Army Air Forces]], where he served from November 1942 to November 1945.<ref name=NYTobit/><ref>"Index Record for Ira Stadlen (1924) Veterans Affairs Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem Death File", ''[[Fold3]] by Ancestry.com website''. Retrieved November 22, 2020. Enlistment Date is listed as "1 Nov 1942" and Release Date is listed as "1 Nov 1945".</ref> While in the Army, he was an entertainer and became a private first class.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/998170129/ "PFC. Ira Stadlen Presents Program"], ''[[Santa Ana Register]]'', Santa Ana, California, 39th year, number 83, March 4, 1944, page 7. {{subscription required}}</ref><ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/117018107/ "Army Exhibit Opens Today"], ''[[Arizona Republic]]'', Phoenix, Arizona, 55th year, number 248, January 21, 1945, page 7. {{subscription required}}</ref>