Recent Entries - Part of a Growing Collection

10 LINKS @ HARRISON INK

Gord H. updated Harrison INK, March 24, 2025.

Please visit any of the links below:

The Roy Burt Collection, RCNVR and Combined Operations (4) at 1,000 Men, 1,000 Stories by GH

Roy and Jean (center) "got married in the summer of 1944"

(The names of their two friends are not given with photo)

Used with permission (LP)

Editor's Column: Faint Footsteps, WWII (16A) at 1,000 Men, 1,000 Stories by GH

Photo of Dad's column, as found in the Norwich Gazette, circa 1993

Moderne Arte: "Brain at Play" (Again ; ) at It Strikes Me Funny by GH

Six lines. They just took off on me!

Video: Port Bruce - Time on My Hands at It Strikes Me Funny by GH

Shall I go for a long walk off a short pier? No, lesson learned ; )

Even More Turtle Tours, 2025 (1 and 2) at It Strikes Me Funny by GH

"My kingdom is The Coves," says a distinguishing looking creature

Memoirs: The Roy Burt Collection, RCNVR and Combined Operations (3) at 1,000 Men, 1,000 Stories by GH

Roy Burt, originally from Hamilton, Ontario joined Comb. Ops, 1942

Photographs: Malta, A Rock and a Hard Place (2) at 1,000 Men, 1,000 Stories by GH

H.M.S. Penelope was also known as H.M.S. Pepperpot after

a harrowing visit to Malta. What!? How do I know that?

Modern Arte: Striking a Balance (w art critic) at It Strikes Me Funny by GH

"There shouldn't be any empty spaces!!" ("Oh yeah!?")

Photographs: Malta, A Rock in a Hard Place (1) at 1,000 Men, 1,000 Stories by GH

Malta was continually hit hard by Axis bombers prior to a brief visit by

the Canadian 80th Flotilla of Landing Crafts, Aug. 1943. (Wikipedia)

Photographs: Operation TORCH, North Africa, Nov. 1942 (IWM 2) at 1,000 Men, 1,000 Stories by GH

Allied forces working together (Surely, with Canadian sailors aboard

landing crafts nearby!) British trucks being unloaded from a US Navy

ship in the docks in Allied-occupied Algiers, 16 November 1942. It was

one of the first ships to be built by the Kaiser Shipyards and is said

to have been completed in 28 days. Photo NA 131, IWM

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