World War II Honoree

Harold N. Harris

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Peoria, Illinois

Honored By

Kathleen Hobbs

Relationship

Daughter

AT TIME OF PEARL HARBOR, WAS IN ATLANTIC ON USS ELLIOTT P-13, RETURNING TO THE CONTINENTAL U.S. TOOK TRAINING COURSE IN CAPE HATTERAS, NORTH CAROLINA THEN ASSIGNED TO TRANSPORT ARMY TROOPS TO TONGA. USS ELLIOTT SUNK ON AUGUST 8, 1942 AND THEN WOUNDED. EARNED THE PURPLE HEART, ON GUADALCANAL; REHABILITATED IN NEW ZEALAND, SEATTLE AND GREAT LAKES. ASSIGNED DUTY WITH NAVAL COMPUTING CENTER IN DAYTON, OHIO AND THEN MOVED TO NAVAL SECURITY GROUP IN SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA WHEN HOSTILITIES ENDED.