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...Naval 1st Lt. John M. Harrington ’03, stationed aboard the guided missile destroyer USS Ross in the Middle East, even routine procedures can be life-threatening...
...nearly three years, the war on terror has raged in the Middle East. Tens of thousands of troops have been deployed to the countries of Afghanistan, Kuwait, and Iraq. Among them are officers like Harrington, who left Harvard’s halls for a world ravaged by hostility and blood...
...Harrington, whose ship remains stationed in the Middle East, says he is comforted by the thought of returning home, reminding himself that “minute-by-minute, the time separating us from our families and friend diminished...
...Because of the isolated feeling of being at sea, one becomes more attached to those who are around,” Harrington adds. “It is wonderful to see people from all different backgrounds and from every state in the union, and a number of foreign countries as well, become inseparable friends because of the bonds formed on late night watches and during long training evolutions in the heat...
...from 1933 until his death in 1976, was a lumber magnate who was willing to spend money but unwilling to let anyone other than a few trusted cronies run the club. His widow Jean directed the operation until her death in 1992, and then a trust led by John Harrington, hired by Yawkey as a Red Sox treasurer in 1973, took over. The Sox improved but still no silverware...