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1st Lt. Harold Hardin

WWII | USS Saturn AF40

In this uplifting account, 1st Lt. Hardin confronted General Patton while in France, which led to a religious epiphany for the General. (1:26)
As part of a 300 ship convoy, 1st Lt. Harold Hardin recalls delivering supplies to Air, Naval, and Marine bases and what happened when German submarines attacked. (3:05)
As a Naval officer, 1st Lt. Harold Hardin describes what it was like to live aboard ship as America battled the Germans at sea. (1:03)
From Georgia Tech student to gunnery officer in WWII, 1st Lt. Harold Hardin describes his transition into the Navy, his ship's convoy and the weapons he learned to operate. (3:53)
A.R. McCahan

Cold War | 122nd Signal Battalion

Mac McCahan knew he wanted a military career. He had a taste of military life as an Air Force dependent and he secured a congressional appointment to the Air Force Academy, but a run in with an eye chart derailed that. He settled in at Clemson with Army ROTC but a freak accident cost him a year. (8:26)
Mac McCahan's first assignment in the Signal Corps was in Germany, which was just what he wanted. His wife could experience some of what he enjoyed as a military dependent stationed there. When the Berlin Wall crisis came up, it turns out he had the only American cable splicer in Europe. (7:48)
In the post-Trujillo chaos of the Dominican Republic, Signal Corps officer Mac McCahan began a long run of finding solutions to communications problems. After restoring phone service by adapting old exchanges, he was able to communicate with Washington by whistling the appropriate tones to establish a connection. (8:38)
As if restoring communications in the restive Dominican Republic wasn't enough to keep him busy, Mac McCahan had to deal with constantly shuttling back to Ft. Bragg for briefings and an acting Signal Officer who wrote him up for spite. Not to mention lacking the counter sign at a crucial time. (6:34)
After his tour in the Dominican Republic Mac McCahan began the Training With Industry program. He worked with the New York phone company learning the network and installing phones in the field, then applied that knowledge to military telecommunications. (5:24)
When communications engineer Mac McCahan arrived in Vietnam, he had to straighten out an Air Force Colonel who was trying to send him to Thailand, where he wouldn't get credit for a combat tour. Then he settled down to improving voice communications and found out that it was so stressful on the switchboards, operators were committing suicide. (10:21)