Researching Harold Taft
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 510 people with the Taft surname? In that year Taft was ranked number 3069 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Harold means "army-power" and is of English origin.
Records of Harold Taft on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Harold Taft and the Taft Family History
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| Did you know that there are currently 810 people with the Taft surname in the UK? Taft is now ranked number 3280 for popularity in the UK. |
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Harold Taft
→Harold Earnest Taft Jr. (September 5, 1922 – September 27, 1991), affectionately known as "The World's Greatest Weatherman" and "The Dean of TV Meteorologists", was the first television meteorologist west of the Mississippi River and held the post for a record 41 years.
A native of Enid, Oklahoma, he joined the Army Air Corps during World War II, and went to the University of Chicago to study meteorology. Taft was a second lieutenant stationed in Maine on D-Day. Erroneously, he has been listed as assisting Dwight D. Eisenhower in settling the date of the D-Day invasion, but unfortunately, this is mere legend. His input from Maine may have been of some minor help, but he was still too young and inexperienced to have been involved in such important matters. However, by Korea, he was involved in major decisions where weather was an important factor. He graduated from Phillips University in 1946 and joined American Airlines as a staff meteorologist.
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