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.
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Dear Gen. Dye:
I hope you will remember me and my wife Robin from our 1991-94 days in your Sunday School class at Highland Presbyterian Church in Stone Mountain. At the time I was President of the DeKalb Chamber of Commerce.
I'd be interested in hearing from you.
Sincerely,
Parker hardy
DYE, Emma EMMA JEAN DYE Emma Jean Dye, 92, of Atlanta, GA, died September 8, 2010. She is survived by her husband of 73 years, Harold A. Dye; four children, 11 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. Mrs. Dye grew up in Atlanta, GA and graduated from Girls High School. She and Harold, a retired Army General, lived in San Diego, CA, Lawton, OK, Ames, IA, McLean, VA, Carlisle Barracks, PA and Bamberg, Aschaffenburg and Kitzingen Germany before finally returning to their beloved Georgia. Emma Jean was a lifetime member of Highlands Presbyterian Church. Her body was donated to Emory University School of Medicine.
Published in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on September 19, 2010
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