Harvey Harold Russell
Era: World War II
Military Branch: Navy
Harvey Harold Russell served in World War II and in the Korean War. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II from 1942 to February 1946.
After attending Great Lakes, IL Boot Camp he went to Navy Pier Chicago to aviation electronics school. He also went to Alameda, California for aerial gunner school. Later he was stationed at the Naval Air Station Ford Island Pearl Harbor, Hawaii for Aircraft maintenance. After that he was stationed at the Naval Air Station Pasco, Washington as a mechanic for Carrier Aircraft Service Unit 50.
Then in 1946 he was discharged in Bremerton, Washington, with the rank of Aviation Machinist Second Class.
Mr. Russell later in 1946 joined the U.S. Air Guard and served until 1953. During that period he was active from March 1951 to November 1952. He served at the Duluth Air Force Base and reached the rank of Technical Sergeant.
Mr. Russell was born in Duluth, Minnesota, in 1924, the son of Harvey Harold and Myrtle J. Russell.
Mr. Russell wrote: “Went to boot camp at Great Lakes [, Illinois.] “Navy Pier, Chicago, airplane mechanic. “Naval Air Station Alameda, Cal., aerial gunnery. “Ford Island, Pearl [Harbor, Hawaii], air transport crew chief. “CASU [carrier service unit] 50 Pasco, Washington [Naval Air Station], air mechanic. “MN Air National Guard - activated 21 months Korean War. “Discharged Air Guard Duluth.”
Source: Veterans’ Memorial Hall Veteran History Form; veteran’s account (see below); original VMH website entry.
Original entry on Veterans' Memorial Hall website: Harvey H. Russell of Saginaw, Minn. entered the Navy on Dec. 23, 1942. He was an aviation machinist's mate 2nd class working on Naval air transports: R4Ds, R5O, and J2F aircraft in the Pacific theater and in the U.S. He was separated on Feb. 6, 1946.
