Robert L. (Bob) Harrison  SAILOR, REST YOUR OAR...
b. December 13, 1924, Batavia, Ohio    --    d. July 3, 2001 Greenfield, Indiana

Why Do We Grieve? by Linda Kay Harrison (Wife of Sid Harrison)
In Remembrance of Robert Lee Harrison 1924-2001

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1944
 My cousin Bob Harrison made it out of the jungles of the Philippines at the end of WWII and back home to Greenfield, Indiana. He was a retired Chrysler management member and a certified amateur poet (with awards and prizes up the ying-yang to prove it). He showed us all how to put the words together. But that's probably a lost cause.

HERE you can find a picture of we Harrison
cousins in 1939. 
The writings of Robert L. Harrison
These are links to the collected writings of Robert L. Harrison that
were posted to internet submarine forums betwen 1997 & 2001.
They are assembled here by Sid Harrison  If you find inoperable links let me know.
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1999 James Whitcomb Riley Festival Poetry Winner
Two CAVALLA Poems
The 23 July 1999 Letter from Senator Lugar
RE: CAVALLA MEMORIAL
The letter that obtained the CSL Notice -1530
The Old Country Outhouse
Visitors’ Day At The Nursing Home
Submariners Paul Roggemann's page copy
Submariners Original copy
EARNING YOUR DOLPHINS
Christmases Remembered - December 2000
Christmas Eve 1997
Christmas 1999
CHRISTMAS BELLS   By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Memories of Mother and Dad
Recalling The Past
Toll The Bell
More here at ONE-EIGHT-ZERO RELATIVE
WWII Memories  Part-1 Thanksgiving Memories:   A Great Thanksgiving On The High Seas
WWII Memories  Part-2 Thanksgiving Memories:   Out To Sea - Life Aboard A Troopship
WWII Memories  Part-3 On To Samar
WWII Memories  Part-4 Moon Over Samar
A WWII Christmas   Selected by the Utah Retirement Systems web site staff for their publication issue: Holiday 2001, Vol. 19, No. 4
The Old Man and The Sailor
The USS BLENNY
A Sailor's Prayer
The Veteran
Thanks, Submariners
Sammy And The Silver Dolphins
Requin
The Guppies
What Might Have Been
The End Of The Road
Although Bob was a WWII Navy veteran he was not a Submariner. However, owing to his many writings of submarine related poems, he was voted a Honorary Associate Membership in the Hoosier Base of United States Submarine Veterans Inc.
Cavalla Plaqque

Here is a plaque awarded to Bob for his USS CAVALLA poems.

It was presented by a group of submarine veterans involved in the restoration efforts for the USS CAVALLA Memorial Boat located at Galveston, Texas.

One of his CAVALLA poems is used in the USS CAVALLA Memorial brochure.

The wood for the plaque is from the CAVALLA deck.
Groton SubVet Ornament 2001
Memorial ornament on Christmas tree at SubVets Groton CT (December 2001)

Lockwood Internet Base posting and image by the late John Wynn

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