World War II Honoree

Robert E. Harrison

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Lansing, Michigan

Honored By

Ann Harrison

Relationship

Wife

PHARMACIST'S MATE SECOND CLASS; SERVED FROM JANUARY 20, 1943 TO DECEMBER 7, 1945. ENLISTED AT DETROIT, MICHIGAN. CONDUCTED RECRUIT TRAINING AT GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS. CHANGED RATES FROM HOSPITAL APPRENTICE TO PHARMACIST'S MATE. SERVED AT VARIOUS NAVY HOSPITALS INCLUDING GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS; SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, AND AEIA, HAWAII. ALSO SERVED ABOARD THE CASUALTY EVACUATION VESSEL USS JOSEPH T. DICKMAN (APA-13), RETURNING AMERICAN AND ALLIED PRISONERS OF WAR OF THE JAPANESE FROM THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. AWARDED THE NAVY GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL AS WELL AS THE 'RUPTURED DUCK' LAPEL BUTTON FOR HONORABLE SERVICE.