Tuskegee Airman John L Harrison Jr Escort to Arlington
Event Date
01/25/2018
Event Time6:30 am;
Location
Brian Donnelly Funeral Home
2237-2241 South 3 RD Street
Philadelphia, PA
Join Warriors Watch and friends to escort the remains of John Harrison Jr to his final resting place in Arlington. (motorcycles and cars welcome) Meet at Brian Donnelly Funeral Home, 2237-2241 South 3 RD Street, Philadelphia Pa 19148 at 6:30am. We will depart at 7am
John L. Harrison Jr., a Tuskegee Airman and Congressional Gold Medal recipient, died on Wednesday, March 22, 2017, at Penn Hospice at Rittenhouse in Philadelphia. He was 96.A retired U.S. Air Force major, Harrison served in three wars and was one of the 992 original pilots trained in the nation’s first combat aircraft program for African Americans established at the Tuskegee and Maxwell Fields in Alabama.Harrison flew combat missions in Italy and went on to serve in the U.S. armed forces for 24 years. He later became a director with the Peace Corps and a high ranking official in the administrations of President Richard Nixon and Pennsylvania Gov. Dick Thornburgh. Working in the private sector, he was a senior operations engineer at Boeing Co.His military service carried him as far as the Arctic, and he eventually settled in Philadelphia’s Society Hill section, where he resided for the last 30 years.Harrison was among the Tuskegee Airmen who were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal, one of the highest civilian honors in the United States, in 2007.
Services were held at Four Chaplains Chapel in Philadelphia. Burial will be at Arlington National Cemetery.
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