World War II Honoree

James Robert 'Bob' Harrison

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Simpsonville, South Carolina

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

JOINED THE NAVY IMMEDIATELY AFTER HIS GRADUATION FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN 1938. SELECTED FOR PILOT TRAINING. GRADUATED FROM FLIGHT SCHOOL AT PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, WAS COMMISSIONED AN ENSIGN AND AWARDED HIS GOLD NAVAL AVIATOR WINGS. SERVED AS A BOMBER PILOT AND AIRCRAFT COMMANDER IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER IN THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS AND SOUTH PACIFIC AREAS OF OPERATION. REMAINED IN NAVAL RESERVE SERVICE AFTER THE WAR AND RETIRED WITH THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT COMMANDER.