Retired admiral held fond memories of USS Oklahoma
Joe Todd
Historian
With COVID-19 precautions in place, historian Joe Todd has been unable to conduct interviews with veterans. This is an interview with retired Rear Adm. Harry Carson, which Todd conducted on Oct. 27, 1988, in New Orleans. The interview has been lightly edited for length and clarity.
Harry Carson was born on Nov. 22, 1902, in Franklin, Louisiana. His father was chaplain of the hospital in the Canal Zone and moved the family to Panama in 1913.
Carson watched the crews working on the canal and was there for the opening before returning to the United States in 1919. He finished high school in Panama and worked for the post office a short while before the family returned to Louisiana.