Monday, July 29, 2019

Recent Entries - Part of a Growing Collection

10 LINKS @ HARRISON INK

Gord H. updated Harrison INK on March 6, 2024.

Please visit any of the links below:


Another stealthy snapping turtle at The Coves, aka 'North Murk'
Photo GH, May - June, 2023


A stealthy Snapping Turtle gives me the hairy eyeball! (May 26, 2023. GH)

Presentation: HMCS Prevost, London ONT, 2024 (2) at 1,000 Men, 1,000 Stories by GH

"At Nelson Barracks, Halifax... an enjoyable hour of rope climbing?" Sarcasm??
Aka Wellington Barracks. From Sailor Remember by William Pugsley, RCNVR

Presentation: HMCS Prevost, London ONT, 2024 (1) at 1,000 Men, 1,000 Stories by GH

Combined Operations Insignia "Gun pointing left"

Links to Resources: A Focus on Sicily and Italy, 1943 (3) at 1,000 Men, 1,000 Stories by GH 

The museum rests beside the Ottawa River, shows off a healthy grass roof


Photo of a selection of Canadian war correspondents as found in
The Winnipeg Tribune, a fine research resource.
Write to gordh7700@gmail.com for details


Includes "lost film footage" from Canadian Army Film Unit

Research: Three Months in the Mediterranean, 1943 (16) at 1,000 Men, 1,000 Stories by GH 

1st Canadian Division hauling transport up from the beach,
from an LCM, Landing Craft, Mechanised. Album 61,
Photo 21089 by Can. Army Photographer Frank Royal

Links to Resources: A Focus on Sicily and Italy, 1943 (2) at 1,000 Men, 1,000 Stories by GH 

WWII veteran Nelson Langevin (RCNVR/Combined Operations), left, with
Gord Harrison at the Canadian War Museum, Ottawa Canada. GH 2014

Research: Three Months in the Mediterranean, 1943 (15) at 1,000 Men, 1,000 Stories by GH 


Articles: British 8th Army Lands in Sicily, LIFE Magazine at 1,000 Men, 1,000 Stories by GH

Note: Includes the best reconnaissance photo ever seen... re Canadians
in Combined Operations! The cover of LIFE has been slightly modified

Research: Three Months in the Mediterranean, 1943 (14) at 1,000 Men, 1,000 Stories by GH

Munro is "typing a story in the battle area between Valguarnera and Leonforte,
Italy in August, 1943. Canadian Army Film Unit (CAFU), Album 62 (22816)

Links to Resources: COPP SURVEY (Pilotage Parties) (1) at 1,000 Men, 1,000 Stories by GH

Map at COPPS SURVEY, under heading 'Operations Timeline' July 1943
Recognize the beach area (Porto Gerbo) lower left? GEORGE Beach!

The Gateway to Seven Blogs:

My father, Doug Harrison (V8809), holds an anti-broaching line to steady an
English landing craft as US soldiers disembark in North Africa, Nov. 1942
Or, he is the sailor taking a break on ALC 426 (2nd from left)!

1. 1,000 MEN, 1,000 STORIES - My chief interest. My father (either far left, above, or straddling a barrel on LCA 426, left of centre) was a World War II veteran, 1941 - 1945, served in the RCNVR and Combined Operations, for better and for worse.

2. FAINT FOOTSTEPS, WW2 - A growing story about my ongoing search for more information related to my father's World War II adventures.

3. IT STRIKES ME FUNNY - My longest serving blog with more topics to consider than one can shake a stick at.

Gord Harrison on a dusty day outside The Workshop

4. THE WORKSHOP - Everybody needs a workshop, in my humble opinion.

5. THE GREAT CANADIAN COMEBACK - Short reports re my fun and fitness routine, in search of svelteness. I walk, run, lift weights and put things down... on paper.

One of London's well-used walking, running, and cycling routes

6. Stories, Prose and Songs - This blog is largely ignored by me and the world. However, one day you'll hear one of my songs or stories on the radio and you'll say, "I know that guy."

7. Four Mugs and Coffee - This blog was once home to a lively group effort, but now is home to just a few very good ideas. For example, it's home to a brilliant screenplay, Death by Misadventure.

Look in on one blog, then another. Collect the whole set!

Photos GH