World War II Honoree

George Dean Harrison

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Marysville, Kansas

Honored By

Bob Currieo

Relationship

Friend

ENTERED THE U.S. NAVY IN JULY 1944. RECEIVED BASIC TRAINING AT THE GREAT LAKES NAVAL TRAINING CENTER, GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS. AFTER COMPLETION OF BASIC TRAINING, ASSIGNED TO THE DISCIPLINARY DEPARTMENT. LATER, ASSIGNED TO THE RADIO OPERATION/MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT AT NAVY PIER TO MAINTAIN STUDENT RECORDS. SUBSEQUENTLY, ASSIGNED TO THE PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT AT NAVY PIER. IN EARLY 1946, ASSIGNED TO LAMBERT FIELD NAVAL STATION AT ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI TO ASSIST IN ESTABLISHING A NAVY SEPARATION CENTER FOLLOWING WWII. RELEASED FROM ACTIVE DUTY AS A PETTY OFFICER 2ND CLASS. IN 1948, RE-ENLISTED IN THE U.S. ARMY AND SERVED UNTIL RETIREMENT IN 1967 AS A SERGEANT MAJOR.