Introducing Harold A. Dye

Harold Dye is a retired Brigadier General. He served in the United States Army in Europe in World War II, and later on the Korean Armistice Commission Joint Observer Team, where he met with his Communist counterparts over 100 times in the demilitarized zone to investigate atrocities and other actions on the part ofthe Communists, which, unresolved, could have led to a resumption of the war. He also served on the Department of Army and Secretary of Defense Staffs during the Vietnam War. He was awarded numerous medals, but states that his most cherished award was that of being named by the Chief of Chaplains as "Layman of the Year" for the United States Army Europe in 1964.

General Dye retired from the Army in 1967 with over 30 years of service and became Deputy Commissioner of Industry and Trade for the state of Georgia where he helpded with the first great expansion of Georgia Business and Industry, which brought jobs and propserity to the state. He was instrumental in building the World Congress Center, which put Atlanta on the world map, paving the way for such great events as the 1996 Olympics.