WILLIAM BURTON HARRISON, SR. – YOUTH IN JACKSONVILLE

WATERFRONT IN JACKSONVILLE – NORWEGIAN FREIGHTER

William Burton Harrison (Daddy) was born 11 November 1899. It was easy to keep up with his age since he was born exactly at the turn of the century. He spent his young years exploring the waterfront on the Saint Johns River in Jacksonville, Florida. Even though the eighth grade was his highest level of formal education, Daddy was one of the smartest self-education person I have ever known. He could do math problems of all kinds in his head much faster than I could work them out with pencil and paper. He read every National Graphic Magazine from cover to cover — and remembered details of world geography, historical events and dates. He was cultured — play a few bars of any symphony or opera and he could name the piece, the composer and the history behind it.

POST-WWI MILITARY SEVICE – 19 JULY1919 TO 11 JUNE1924

USS HOUSTON, USS SUNADIN AND USS MILWAUKEE

UNCLE CECIL WAS ON THE USS MILWAUKEE

HIWAII – PALI RESCUE AND OTHER MEMORIES

HONDURAS UPRISINGS

LETTERS FROM HIS MOTHER

SUSIE’S PAPER ABOUT WILLIAM BURTON HARRISON, SR. (HER GRAMPS)