Harry Rowlinson - U.S. Navy 1943-45

Harry Rowlinson - U.S. Navy 1943-45

In Memory of Harry Rowlinson who joined the Navy Reserves in 1943 as a Seabee. He received training as a construction engineer and in Marine combat before he was shipped out to the Pacific where he help supervise the building of camps and airfields on Tinian and Okinawa, including the airfield the Enola Gay launched from to drop the atomic bomb on Japan. Harry was discharged as a Lt. Commander in 1945. Lt. Commander Rowlinson’s story is told by his grandson Ross Rowlinson

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