Semper Fi, Harry Jackson

A Memorial Day Reflection on the Father of my Children

PFC Harry Jackson, USMC artist, 1944 (photographer unknown)

“In 1942, Private First Class Harry Jackson USMC joined the Fifth Marine Amphibious Corps as General Intelligence’s first combat-sketch artist. He fought in three amphibious assault victories across the Central Pacific; wounded twice, he suffered from the effects of his injuries for the rest of his life.”