Biography
Harris, Aaron (Harris, A. Roy); b. August 6, 1905, Centerville, New York; Single; Clerk; CP 1934; Received Passport# 358302 on December 22, 1936 which listed his address as 15 Attorney Street, NYC; Sailed December 26, 1936 aboard the Normandie; Served with the XV BDE, Lincoln BN; WIA Jarama, lost an eye; Repatriated to conform to policy; Returned to the US on August 20, 1937 aboard the Paris; Married 1941, Daughter Barbara, Son Richard; d. February 1980, Brooklyn, New York.
Sources: Sail; Scope of Soviet Activity; Cadre (lined out); RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 849, ll 22, List of American Comrades that have been Repatriated as per October 15 1937; L-W Tree Ancestry. Code A
Photograph: Aaron Harris. Placa Catalunya, Barcelona, 1937. ALBA/VALB.
Sources: Sail; Scope of Soviet Activity; Cadre (lined out); RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 849, ll 22, List of American Comrades that have been Repatriated as per October 15 1937; L-W Tree Ancestry. Code A
Photograph: Aaron Harris. Placa Catalunya, Barcelona, 1937. ALBA/VALB.