Author: Russell L. Harris
Alternate names: Russel Harris
Bio: A native of Arkansas, Lieutenant Commander Harris graduated from the University of Notre Dame in June 1941, and two weeks later plunged into naval life at the Reserve Midshipman’s School, Northwestern University. Then followed Panama, sea duty, Stateside assignments, and more sea duty in the order named. In Washington after the war he collaborated on the fourth and fifth volumes of Battle Reports.

Source: [U.S. Naval Institute](https://www.usni.org/people/russell-harris)