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Carlton Harrell
Skills learned during a forty-five-year career with newspapers and thirty-five years’ service in the Army reserves [cq] melded in providing the tools to research and develop the story involved in t...view moreSkills learned during a forty-five-year career with newspapers and thirty-five years’ service in the Army reserves [cq] melded in providing the tools to research and develop the story involved in the desperate battle off the North Carolina coast during World War II.
The newspaper career began in 1951 with the Elizabeth City Daily Advance and continued there after active duty with the Army in 1952-1953 at Fort Benning, GA. Next came a tour at the Goldsboro New-Argus in 1956-1957 before joining The Durham Sun as a reporter. After a five-year tour of reporting, a series of desk
jobs began, culminating with a nineteen-year stay in the post of editor of
The Durham Sun through 1990. Next was the role of associate editor of
The Herald-Sun until retirement in 1996.
Service in the Army Reserve and the North Carolina Army National Guard
included a four-year reserve tour with the Office of Secretary of the Army Public
Affairs Office and the Office of Public Affairs, U.S. Army Material Command,
Washington, DC, 1980-1984. Assignments in the reserves included platoon leader
and company commander of infantry and signal units and command of supply
battalion and support group. Army schools completed during the reserve service
were Command and General Staff College, Signal Career Officers Course, and
Infantry Company Officers Course. Commissioned second lieutenant in 1952 and
retired colonel in 1989. Also attended Currituck County public schools and the
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