David L. Harris was born in New York City in 1914 and spent most of his growing years in nearby Pelham Manor, where he attended public schools. He joined the Naval Reserve as a seaman in 1933, and the following year passed the competitive examinations for appointment to the Naval Academy. After graduation in 1938 he spent a year aboard the USS CALIFORNIA before reporting for his first destroyer duty on the USS FLUSSER. When WWII broke out he stayed in destroyers until the war's end. First the FLUSSER, then placing USS ALLEN M. SUMNER in commission as Executive Officer, then Commanding Officer of USS MAURY, and finally Commanding Officer of USS CHARLES J. BADGER until it was de-commissioned in 1945. After two years as instructor in physics at the Naval Academy, he returned to sea in 1948 for a year as Executive Officer of USS BEXAR. He attended the senior amphibious warfare school in Quantico, Va. In 1949, and from 1950 to 1953 he was attached to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations in the Fleet Maintenance Branch. In May 1953 he assumed command of USS Putnam (DD757) followed in 1957 with his appointment as Commander Destroyer Division 601 in Key West, Florida. He retired from the Naval Service in 1966.
He married the former Patricia Macaulay of Coronado, California
He married the former Patricia Macaulay of Coronado, California
David L. Harris was born in New York City in 1914 and spent most of his growing years in nearby Pelham Manor, where he attended public schools. He joined the Naval Reserve as a seaman in 1933, and the following year passed the competitive examinations for appointment to the Naval Academy. After graduation in 1938 he spent a year aboard the USS CALIFORNIA before reporting for his first destroyer duty on the USS FLUSSER. When WWII broke out he stayed in destroyers until the war's end. First the FLUSSER, then placing USS ALLEN M. SUMNER in commission as Executive Officer, then Commanding Officer of USS MAURY, and finally Commanding Officer of USS CHARLES J. BADGER until it was de-commissioned in 1945. After two years as instructor in physics at the Naval Academy, he returned to sea in 1948 for a year as Executive Officer of USS BEXAR. He attended the senior amphibious warfare school in Quantico, Va. In 1949, and from 1950 to 1953 he was attached to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations in the Fleet Maintenance Branch. In May 1953 he assumed command of USS Putnam (DD757) followed in 1957 with his appointment as Commander Destroyer Division 601 in Key West, Florida. He retired from the Naval Service in 1966.
He married the former Patricia Macaulay of Coronado, California
He married the former Patricia Macaulay of Coronado, California
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WORLD WAR II, KOREA, VIETNAM
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