Mike Harbin son of William Monroe and Mary Eudie Harbin.
Mike Harbin,Torpedoman's Mate,Third Class,U.S.Navy
He enlisted October 12,1940
Decoration:Order of the Purple Heart,awarded posthumously.
Mike served as member of crew on submarine,U.S.S. Silversides.Engaged in gun battle,May 10,1942,with the enemy off the coast of Japan,in which the Japanese vessel was destroyed.
First Patrol:
April-June 1942
After shakedown off the California coast,Silversides set course for Hawaii,arriving at Pearl Harbor on April 4,1942.
Departing Pearl Harbor on April 30,1942,Silversides headed for the Japanese home islands,in the area of Kii Suido,for the first of her many successful war patrols.On 10 May,just after 08:00 local time,the submarine used her 3 inch gun to heavily damage a Japanese gunboat.During this 75 minute action,an enemy machine-gun bullet killed one of her deck gunners,TM3 Mike Harbin,the only man to perish on the top deck of a submarine during World War II.Harbin was buried at sea latter that evening.
USS Silversides, World War II submarine, was commissioned into the U.S. Navy eight days after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.USS Silversides received 12 battle stars for World War II service,and was rewarded the Presidential Unit Citation.She is credited with sinking 23 ships.
Mike Harbin,Torpedoman's Mate,Third Class,U.S.Navy
He enlisted October 12,1940
Decoration:Order of the Purple Heart,awarded posthumously.
Mike served as member of crew on submarine,U.S.S. Silversides.Engaged in gun battle,May 10,1942,with the enemy off the coast of Japan,in which the Japanese vessel was destroyed.
First Patrol:
April-June 1942
After shakedown off the California coast,Silversides set course for Hawaii,arriving at Pearl Harbor on April 4,1942.
Departing Pearl Harbor on April 30,1942,Silversides headed for the Japanese home islands,in the area of Kii Suido,for the first of her many successful war patrols.On 10 May,just after 08:00 local time,the submarine used her 3 inch gun to heavily damage a Japanese gunboat.During this 75 minute action,an enemy machine-gun bullet killed one of her deck gunners,TM3 Mike Harbin,the only man to perish on the top deck of a submarine during World War II.Harbin was buried at sea latter that evening.
USS Silversides, World War II submarine, was commissioned into the U.S. Navy eight days after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.USS Silversides received 12 battle stars for World War II service,and was rewarded the Presidential Unit Citation.She is credited with sinking 23 ships.
Mike Harbin son of William Monroe and Mary Eudie Harbin.
Mike Harbin,Torpedoman's Mate,Third Class,U.S.Navy
He enlisted October 12,1940
Decoration:Order of the Purple Heart,awarded posthumously.
Mike served as member of crew on submarine,U.S.S. Silversides.Engaged in gun battle,May 10,1942,with the enemy off the coast of Japan,in which the Japanese vessel was destroyed.
First Patrol:
April-June 1942
After shakedown off the California coast,Silversides set course for Hawaii,arriving at Pearl Harbor on April 4,1942.
Departing Pearl Harbor on April 30,1942,Silversides headed for the Japanese home islands,in the area of Kii Suido,for the first of her many successful war patrols.On 10 May,just after 08:00 local time,the submarine used her 3 inch gun to heavily damage a Japanese gunboat.During this 75 minute action,an enemy machine-gun bullet killed one of her deck gunners,TM3 Mike Harbin,the only man to perish on the top deck of a submarine during World War II.Harbin was buried at sea latter that evening.
USS Silversides, World War II submarine, was commissioned into the U.S. Navy eight days after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.USS Silversides received 12 battle stars for World War II service,and was rewarded the Presidential Unit Citation.She is credited with sinking 23 ships.
Mike Harbin,Torpedoman's Mate,Third Class,U.S.Navy
He enlisted October 12,1940
Decoration:Order of the Purple Heart,awarded posthumously.
Mike served as member of crew on submarine,U.S.S. Silversides.Engaged in gun battle,May 10,1942,with the enemy off the coast of Japan,in which the Japanese vessel was destroyed.
First Patrol:
April-June 1942
After shakedown off the California coast,Silversides set course for Hawaii,arriving at Pearl Harbor on April 4,1942.
Departing Pearl Harbor on April 30,1942,Silversides headed for the Japanese home islands,in the area of Kii Suido,for the first of her many successful war patrols.On 10 May,just after 08:00 local time,the submarine used her 3 inch gun to heavily damage a Japanese gunboat.During this 75 minute action,an enemy machine-gun bullet killed one of her deck gunners,TM3 Mike Harbin,the only man to perish on the top deck of a submarine during World War II.Harbin was buried at sea latter that evening.
USS Silversides, World War II submarine, was commissioned into the U.S. Navy eight days after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.USS Silversides received 12 battle stars for World War II service,and was rewarded the Presidential Unit Citation.She is credited with sinking 23 ships.
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