World War II Honoree

Johnnie 'Red' Lytle Harvey

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Little Rock, Arkansas

Honored By

Joe Harvey

Relationship

Grandson

HE ENTERED THE NAVY ON APRIL 4, 1944. HE ATTENDED BOOT CAMP AND GUNNERY SCHOOL IN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. AFTER TRAINING, HE BECAME A MEMBER OF THE ARMED GUARD AND SAILED ON THE LIBERTY SHIP, SS HENRY T. SCOTT, ON JUNE 28, 1944. HIS SHIP CIRCLED THE GLOBE, STARTING IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, CROSSING THE PACIFIC OCEAN TO AUSTRALIA, INDIA, AND ON TO EGYPT, THROUGH THE SUEZ CANAL, ACROSS THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA TO FRANCE, ACROSS THE ENGLISH CHANNEL TO ENGLAND, ACROSS THE ATLANTIC OCEAN TO NEW YORK CITY, DOWN TO PANAMA AND THROUGH THE CANAL, AND THEN BACK TO SAN FRANCISCO. HE RECEIVED THE AMERICAN THEATRE RIBBON, THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATRE RIBBON, AND THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATRE RIBBON. HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE ON OCTOBER 22, 1945.