1st Lt. Harold H. Callahan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Minor L. Callahan, was born August 9, 1919, at Portia, Arkansas. He received his education by attending Walnut Ridge High School, University of Arkansas, and Arkansas State College. A member of the National Guard since January 6, 1941, he entered the Army and received basic training at Ft. Bliss Texas, later attending Officer Candidate School at Camp Davis, North Carolina, and Ordance School at Aberdeen, Maryland, where he qualified for Anti-aircraft Artillery instructor. After training seven months, he departed from the United States August 10, 1941, attached to 206th C. A. Anti-aircraft, for Dutch Harbor, Alaska, and left Dutch Harbor for New Guinea October 19, 1944. Lieutenant Callahan participated in the campaigns of the Aleutian Islands; New Guinea; Leyte, P. I.; Luzon, and Philippine Liberation. He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal. Returning to the United States July 22, 1945, he was honorably discharged at Ft. Bliss, Texas, November 22, 1945. He and his wife, Cynthia, and child, live in Patterson, Arkansas.