Harold was born at home while his father was away working in a pole camp. He attended school in Kamiah for his first three years and when the family moved out of town he went to the Caribel Country School until the middle of his eighth grade year. He then went back to Kamiah where in 1940 he graduated from Kamiah High School.
Harold worked on the family and area farms starting about from the time he could walk. He started working in the woods skidding cedar poles with horses when a young teenager.
On the 21 October 1942 Harold found himself starting a job for his Uncle Sam. This work took him to Africa, Sicily, and Italy with the 1st Ranger Bn. (Darby's Rangers). After the Rangers were all but wiped-out at Cisterna during the Battle of Anzio, Harold, along with what was left of the 1st and 3rd Rangers, was placed in the First Special Forces (a joint U.S. and Canadian force) at the end of the war he was in the Army Air Corps.
After the war he returned to Kamiah where he logged, worked on ranches, and was a big game packer for five more seasons. He started working in lumber mills in January of 1952 and continued working in the capacity of mainly lumber grader in the planer and foreman in the sawmill until he retired.
Harold worked many years on the Cemetery Board. He was Worthy Patron of the Eastern Star and Master of the Mason Lodge 56 A F & A M. He served as a delegate to the Idaho State Republican Party Conventions.
He was always good with his hands especially wood work. He built the house he lived in and a large part of the furnishings as well. He also built a sleigh and buckboard.
Harold, as with all his brothers, was always good with horses having started riding them, literally, before he could walk, farming with them, working in the woods with them, and packing with them. During WWII he came along just in time to help Col. Darby pack some howitzers on a number of mules to take over the mountain trail for an attack on the enemy lines. Until he showed up nobody there knew how they were going to get the cannons on the mules.
Harold was about 5 ft. 8 in. tall, blue eyes, dark hair, and weighed around 145 lbs. when he was in the service. He liked trout, meat and potatoes, and his wife, Jill's gooseberry pies.
He was hard working and was as honest as the day is long. He was always there to lend a hand whenever he could.
He was living in Kamiah but died in the Lewiston Hospital while recovering from surgery.
Harold worked on the family and area farms starting about from the time he could walk. He started working in the woods skidding cedar poles with horses when a young teenager.
On the 21 October 1942 Harold found himself starting a job for his Uncle Sam. This work took him to Africa, Sicily, and Italy with the 1st Ranger Bn. (Darby's Rangers). After the Rangers were all but wiped-out at Cisterna during the Battle of Anzio, Harold, along with what was left of the 1st and 3rd Rangers, was placed in the First Special Forces (a joint U.S. and Canadian force) at the end of the war he was in the Army Air Corps.
After the war he returned to Kamiah where he logged, worked on ranches, and was a big game packer for five more seasons. He started working in lumber mills in January of 1952 and continued working in the capacity of mainly lumber grader in the planer and foreman in the sawmill until he retired.
Harold worked many years on the Cemetery Board. He was Worthy Patron of the Eastern Star and Master of the Mason Lodge 56 A F & A M. He served as a delegate to the Idaho State Republican Party Conventions.
He was always good with his hands especially wood work. He built the house he lived in and a large part of the furnishings as well. He also built a sleigh and buckboard.
Harold, as with all his brothers, was always good with horses having started riding them, literally, before he could walk, farming with them, working in the woods with them, and packing with them. During WWII he came along just in time to help Col. Darby pack some howitzers on a number of mules to take over the mountain trail for an attack on the enemy lines. Until he showed up nobody there knew how they were going to get the cannons on the mules.
Harold was about 5 ft. 8 in. tall, blue eyes, dark hair, and weighed around 145 lbs. when he was in the service. He liked trout, meat and potatoes, and his wife, Jill's gooseberry pies.
He was hard working and was as honest as the day is long. He was always there to lend a hand whenever he could.
He was living in Kamiah but died in the Lewiston Hospital while recovering from surgery.
Harold was born at home while his father was away working in a pole camp. He attended school in Kamiah for his first three years and when the family moved out of town he went to the Caribel Country School until the middle of his eighth grade year. He then went back to Kamiah where in 1940 he graduated from Kamiah High School.
Harold worked on the family and area farms starting about from the time he could walk. He started working in the woods skidding cedar poles with horses when a young teenager.
On the 21 October 1942 Harold found himself starting a job for his Uncle Sam. This work took him to Africa, Sicily, and Italy with the 1st Ranger Bn. (Darby's Rangers). After the Rangers were all but wiped-out at Cisterna during the Battle of Anzio, Harold, along with what was left of the 1st and 3rd Rangers, was placed in the First Special Forces (a joint U.S. and Canadian force) at the end of the war he was in the Army Air Corps.
After the war he returned to Kamiah where he logged, worked on ranches, and was a big game packer for five more seasons. He started working in lumber mills in January of 1952 and continued working in the capacity of mainly lumber grader in the planer and foreman in the sawmill until he retired.
Harold worked many years on the Cemetery Board. He was Worthy Patron of the Eastern Star and Master of the Mason Lodge 56 A F & A M. He served as a delegate to the Idaho State Republican Party Conventions.
He was always good with his hands especially wood work. He built the house he lived in and a large part of the furnishings as well. He also built a sleigh and buckboard.
Harold, as with all his brothers, was always good with horses having started riding them, literally, before he could walk, farming with them, working in the woods with them, and packing with them. During WWII he came along just in time to help Col. Darby pack some howitzers on a number of mules to take over the mountain trail for an attack on the enemy lines. Until he showed up nobody there knew how they were going to get the cannons on the mules.
Harold was about 5 ft. 8 in. tall, blue eyes, dark hair, and weighed around 145 lbs. when he was in the service. He liked trout, meat and potatoes, and his wife, Jill's gooseberry pies.
He was hard working and was as honest as the day is long. He was always there to lend a hand whenever he could.
He was living in Kamiah but died in the Lewiston Hospital while recovering from surgery.
Harold worked on the family and area farms starting about from the time he could walk. He started working in the woods skidding cedar poles with horses when a young teenager.
On the 21 October 1942 Harold found himself starting a job for his Uncle Sam. This work took him to Africa, Sicily, and Italy with the 1st Ranger Bn. (Darby's Rangers). After the Rangers were all but wiped-out at Cisterna during the Battle of Anzio, Harold, along with what was left of the 1st and 3rd Rangers, was placed in the First Special Forces (a joint U.S. and Canadian force) at the end of the war he was in the Army Air Corps.
After the war he returned to Kamiah where he logged, worked on ranches, and was a big game packer for five more seasons. He started working in lumber mills in January of 1952 and continued working in the capacity of mainly lumber grader in the planer and foreman in the sawmill until he retired.
Harold worked many years on the Cemetery Board. He was Worthy Patron of the Eastern Star and Master of the Mason Lodge 56 A F & A M. He served as a delegate to the Idaho State Republican Party Conventions.
He was always good with his hands especially wood work. He built the house he lived in and a large part of the furnishings as well. He also built a sleigh and buckboard.
Harold, as with all his brothers, was always good with horses having started riding them, literally, before he could walk, farming with them, working in the woods with them, and packing with them. During WWII he came along just in time to help Col. Darby pack some howitzers on a number of mules to take over the mountain trail for an attack on the enemy lines. Until he showed up nobody there knew how they were going to get the cannons on the mules.
Harold was about 5 ft. 8 in. tall, blue eyes, dark hair, and weighed around 145 lbs. when he was in the service. He liked trout, meat and potatoes, and his wife, Jill's gooseberry pies.
He was hard working and was as honest as the day is long. He was always there to lend a hand whenever he could.
He was living in Kamiah but died in the Lewiston Hospital while recovering from surgery.
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