NCIS fans adored Mark Harmon as Leroy Jethro Gibbs, and they were devastated to see him exit the series in season 19. Now that Harmon has had some time away from NCIS, he’s reflecting on his lengthy time on the series. Recently, he mentioned that he would’ve never “touched” his 2023 book, Ghosts of Honolulu, without this one person by his side. Here’s who it is.
‘NCIS’ star Mark Harmon said he ‘wouldn’t touch’ his new book without technical advisor Leon Carroll Jr.
NCIS star Mark Harmon had a pivotal role in the series as Leroy Jethro Gibbs, and fans will never forget his incredible contributions to the series. While Harmon’s acting skills brought Gibbs to life, he was greatly helped by Leon Carroll Jr. Carroll Jr., a technical advisor with the show and a real retired NCIS agent who worked for the Nis/NCIS agency for two decades.
‘NCIS’ star Mark Harmon said he ‘wouldn’t touch’ his new book without technical advisor Leon Carroll Jr.
NCIS star Mark Harmon had a pivotal role in the series as Leroy Jethro Gibbs, and fans will never forget his incredible contributions to the series. While Harmon’s acting skills brought Gibbs to life, he was greatly helped by Leon Carroll Jr. Carroll Jr., a technical advisor with the show and a real retired NCIS agent who worked for the Nis/NCIS agency for two decades.
- 1/2/2024
- by Lauren Weiler
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Wondering what NCIS star Mark Harmon has been up to since his character, team leader Leroy Jethro Gibbs, retired on the beloved military crime procedural in 2021? No, the actor hasn’t built a boat — at least, not yet. But he has written this fast-paced real-life espionage tale set in Honolulu during the early days of naval intelligence operations, before it became the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. (Credit: Harper Collins Focus; Theo Camacho/Harper Collins Focus) Harmon co-wrote Ghosts of Honolulu the colorful account with the show’s technical adviser, former NCIS special agent Leon Carroll Jr. The book centers on Douglas Wada, the only Japanese-American agent in naval intelligence at the time. As war with Japan looms, the onetime baseball prodigy and son of an immigrant carpenter is employed as a journalist while working undercover. He also translates Japanese consulate wiretaps. “Doug Wada himself is a Gibbs kind of guy.
- 11/3/2023
- TV Insider
NCIS vet Mark Harmon and tech advisor/former Special Agent Leon Carroll Jr. have teamed on a non-fiction book that chronicles a World War II operation led by the Oni (Office of Naval Intelligence), aka the Naval Criminal Investigative Service’s predecessor.
Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor will be released on Nov. 14 (shop Amazon or Walmart).
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Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor will be released on Nov. 14 (shop Amazon or Walmart).
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- 6/30/2023
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
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