Navy Memorial: Remembering the life, death and legacy of Harlie HANSON
HANSON, Harlie Duane Harlie Duane Hanson was born on June 6, 1935 in Spokane, WA., to Chris and Nada Hanson. He grew up in the Coeur d'Alene area where he attended school and learned to enjoy music, fishing, hunting, boxing and race car driving. When he turned 17 he joined the U.S. Navy and spent the next four years experiencing all of the joys and tears of being a Corpsman in the Korean War. He was able to expand on his boxing and won ALL Navy Pacific Fleet in his weight class. He thought...
