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North
High School Wall of Honor
Harold Keith Scott
Class of June, 1943 |
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| Research
done by Claradell Shedd, Class of 1953. |
| Harold
Keith Scott |
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Keith graduated in the June, 1943
North High class. He enlisted or was drafted when and where? His service
number was 522057/3100. Keith's next of kin was listed as Mr. Ray
Scott, 815 Euclid Avenue, Des Moines, IA.
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| Harold Keith Scott |
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| Year |
|
Rank |
|
Status |
|
| June, 1943 |
|
Graduated |
|
Graduated from North High
School, Des Moines, IA. |
| July, 1943 |
x |
Drafted or
enlisted?
US Marine Corps |
x |
Drafted or enlisted where? |
| July, 1943 |
x |
Flight training |
x |
Ottumwa, IA; Corpus Christi,
TX, etc. |
| date |
x |
Stationed? |
x |
What happened during this
period of several years? |
| February,
1946 |
x |
US Marine Corps/2nd Lt. |
x |
Received wings and flew
Corsairs |
| April, 1946 |
x |
US Marine Corps/2nd Lt. |
x |
Opa-Locka Naval Air Station,
Miami, FL. |
| August,
1946 |
x |
US Marine Corps/2nd Lt. |
x |
Resigned commission in
order to get college degree |
Sept, 1946-
June, 1949 |
x |
Student |
x |
Iowa State College, Ames,
IA |
July.
1949-
March, 1950 |
x |
US Navy/Ensign, Supply
Corps |
x |
Navy Supply School; Bayonne,
NJ |
April,
1950-
July, 1950 |
x |
US Navy/Ensign, Supply
Corps |
x |
Great Lakes Naval Air
Station, IL |
July,
1950-
April, 1952 |
x |
US Navy/Ensign |
x |
Aboard aircraft carrier USS Mindoro
(120) and Norfolk, VA (pic below) |
May,
1952-
Sept, 1952 |
x |
US Navy/Lt. j.g. |
x |
Korean War. Aboard USS Strong (DD-758)
destroyer (pic below) |
Oct,
1952-
August, 1954 |
x |
US Navy/Lt. j.g. |
x |
Naval Aviation Supply
Office;
Philadelphia, PA |
Sept,
1954-
August, 1955 |
x |
US Navy/Lt. |
x |
Stanford University; Palo Alto, CA.
Master's degree
|
August,1955-
1957
|
xx |
US Navy/Lt.x |
x |
Yokosaka, Japan
|
August, 1957-
January, 1958 |
x |
US Navy/Lt.x |
x |
Naval Post Graduate School
Monterey, CA |
Feb., 1958-
March, 1961 |
x |
US Navy/LCDR |
x |
North Island Naval Air
Station;
Coronado, CA |
March,
1961-
Oct, 1961 |
x |
US Navy/LCDR |
x |
Bremerton Naval Ship Yard;
Bremerton, WA |
Oct,
1961-
July, 1963 |
x |
US Navy/CDR |
x |
Aboard helicopter carrier
USS Iwo Jima (LPH2)
(pic below) |
August, 1963-
Jan, 1966 |
x |
US Navy/CDR |
x |
Washington, D.C.
Also master's degree at George Washington University |
Jan, 1966-
June, 1966 |
x |
US Navy/CDR |
x |
Armed Forces Staff College;
Norfolk, VA |
July, 1966-
July, 1969 |
x |
US Navy/CDR |
x |
Supply Department; Naval Air Station;
Pensacola, FL |
| July,
1969-1972 |
x |
US Navy/Captain |
x |
Crystal City;
Washington, D.C. |
July, 1972
|
x |
Retired |
x |
Pictures #6, #7 below |
| July,
1972-1985 |
x |
Deputy Director |
x |
Deputy Director;
Michigan Department of Transportation;
Lansing, MI |
| 1985-1991 |
x |
Retired |
x |
Gulf Breeze, FL |
1991-Present
|
x |
Civilian |
x |
Azalea Trace; Pensacola, FL |
| May 23, 2012 |
x |
Deceased |
x |
Pensacola, FL |
|
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| 2nd
Lt. Harold Keith Scott, USMC; 02/46; with Corsair, 04/46 |
|
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Left:
USS Mindoro (CVE-120)
Above:
Mighty Minnie
(USS Mindoro CVE-120 Insignia) |
|
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| Insignia
and photo of USS Strong (DD-758) Destroyer (Korean War/1952) |
|
| Jack
eventually was transferred to the Oceanus, Hull ARB-2/LST-518,
Aristaeus-class battle damage repair ship (below) in the San Francisco
Bay area. |
 |
 |
| Insignia
and photo of USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2) Helicopter Carrier |
|
Harold
Keith Scott
Captain
Navy Supply Corps
United States Navy |
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|
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American
Campaign; Victory Medal; Navy Expeditionary Medal;
United Nations Service Medal/Korea; Korean War Medal;
National Defense with Star; Korea Service Medal with Star;
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal;
Marine Corps Occupation Medal;
Korean Defense Service Medal
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| References |
(1)
Information was obtained from the Records on Military Personnel
Who Died, were Missing in Action, or Prisoners of War as a result
of the Vietnam War. This document can be found online at the National
Archives and Records Administration at http://www.archives.gov/.
(2) The comprehensive list of names from North High's 1893-2023
graduation classes are from Claradell Shedd's North Des Moines
High School website. The names of North High School graduates
can be found online at: http://www.ndmhs.com/.
Harold Keith Scott's 1943 class page is: http://www.ndmhs.com/pages/yearclass1943(2008.65).html. |
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| 07/13/10:
Retired in FL. Died 05/23/12. |
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