James Haahr in mid-1945 near Hammelsberg, Germany, after the 26th Division left occupation duty in Czechoslovakia. He is  a combat infantry veteran who served in with Company C of the 101st Infantry Regiment of the 26th "Yankee" Infantry Division in Gen. Patton's Third Army. He was wounded in action twice in the Lorraine Campaign in northeast France. After discharge, he received a B.A. from George Washington University and entered the U.S. Foreign Service in 1949. He retired from the Foreign Service in 1981 after serving in a number of overseas posts in Europe and Latin America. He lives in Reston, Virginia with his wife.