Harry R. Garrett b. 29 Oct 1925
enlisted: 3-31-43
discharged: 3-28-46

Gunners Mate

 Boot camp at The Great Lakes Training Center.

AGC New Orleans (Armed Guard Center);
AGC in Brooklyn, NY ;
AGC San Francisco, CA

Ships asignments:
Cargo ship
SS John Sharp Williams - 1047		 6/29/43 --8/26/43
Tanker SS Dean Emery 11/18/43--4/9/44
Cargo Ship John C. Spencer - 0835 6/5/44----11/14/44
Cargo Ship SS Noonday - C2-S-AJ1 12/5/44----2/14/45
Cargo ship Jonathan Edwards - launched: 22 May 1942 ; Oregon Shipbuilding Corp. ; 0230 WSAT (550) USAT 5/23/45----5/29/45
SS John Fitch

6/25/45---9/2/45
USS Zeilin (AP-9/APA-3)  

  • WSAT stands for War Shipping Administration Transport; the number in parentheses shows the number of troops the ship could hold.
  • USAT stands for Army Transportation Service, and indicates the ship was chartered or operated by ATS
  • Not sure now why we were pulled from the Edwards. May be due to the fall of Germany and we were not needed in the Atlantic Theater.
  • I was transferred to San Francisco Ca..(Treasure Island) via Troop Train, where I was assigned to the SS John Fitch . I was aboard the Fitch when the war ended with Japan.

Ribbons Earned:

  • Victory Ribbon

  • American Area Ribbon

  • European African Middle Eastern Ribbon

  • Asiatic Pacific Ribbon

 

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son of Harry Primrose Garrett who was the son of Charles Franklin Garrett