Biographical Note
Harold Horwitz was born on January 9, 1921 in Brooklyn, New York to Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Horwitz. He completed a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Management at the University of Pennsylvania in 1942.
Horwitz enlisted in the Army on April 26, 1943. After basic training in Camp Crowder, Missouri, he was trained as a cryptographer at Vint Hill Farm Station in Virginia, and in Washington, D.C. He arrived in England in September 1943 and spent the remainder of World War II working for European Theater of Operations United States Army (ETOUSA) - first for the Signal Operating Service; then for the Signal Security Division; then the 3217th Signal Service Battalion, and finally for the Signal Intelligence Division, Office of the Chief Signal Officer, Theater Service Forces European Theater. He was based in England until October 1944, then in Paris until September 1945, and finally in Frankfurt, Germany until returning to the United States in December 1945.
Following World War II, he worked as a manufacturer of arts and crafts materials. Horwitz died on October 28, 2011.