Allon joined Haganah in 1931 and went on to commanded a field unit and then a mobile patrol in northern Palestine during the 1936-1939 Arab revolt in Palestine [REF].
On 22 June 1948, at the climax of David Ben-Gurion's confrontation with the Irgun over the distribution of weapons from the Altalena, Allon commanded the troops ordered to shell the vessel [REF].