1899 TO 1930 – LIFE IN JACKSONVILLE, THE YOUTH, US ARMY & US NAVY CAREERS OF WILLIAM BURTON HARRISON, SR.
This is a large section of the Harrison Family Website. It chronicles the early years of William Burton Harrison, Sr., my father. I am William Burton Harrison, Jr. I will refer to him as Daddy, the name my sister, Clara, and I always called him. This section includes links to hundreds of pages of documents, including Daddy’s military personnel files, dozens of letters to and from Daddy, from his family and friends (and lots of pictures). Letters from his mother (Edna Smith Harrison) sharing details of her days and the activities of their family and friends are personal and poignant.
Here are topics presented in this section:
- HOME IN JACKSONVILLE
- WILLIAM BURTON HARRISON, SR. – YOUTH IN JACKSONVILLE
- GRADUATION FROM EIGHT GRADE
- DADDY’S LETTER ABOUT HIS YOUTH – JUNE 1963
- NORWEGIAN FREIGHTER INCIDENT
- Navy Career – William Burton Harrison, Sr.
- 1899 TO 1924 – YOUTH & U.S. ARMY & US NAVY
- WILLIAM BURTON HARRISON, SR. – SERVICE IN US NAVY (1919 TO 1924) AFTER TWO YEARS IN THE US ARMY
- WILLIAM BURTON HARRISON’S OMPF FROM NATIONAL PERSONNEL RECORDS CENTER
- U.S. NAVY ENLISTMENT AND SERVICE DATES
- RESCUE OF SAILOR AT PALI, HAWAII
- LETTERS ADDRESSED TO USS CHARLESTON
- LETTERS ADDRESSED TO USS SUNNADIN
- LETTERS ADDRESSED TO USS HOUSTON
- LETTERS ADDRESSED TO USS MILWAUKEE
- LETTERS FROM AND TO CECIL HARRISON AND OTHERS
- USS MILWAUKEE AND HONDURAS EXPEDITION
- EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL AND DOCUMENTATION
- LETTERS FROM DADDY’S MAMA TO BURTON AND LOUISE – 1938