William H Hallahan

William H Hallahan was an American history, thriller and mystery author from Brooklyn New York. He was born in 1925 to William and Berenice Hallahan and was the third born of six siblings. During the Second World War, he was a radioman second class posted in the province of Natal in Brazil. This was a critical location for troop and logistical support for the Northern African front. After coming back from the war he got married to his childhood sweetheart Marion E. Wakefield, with whom he lived for more than four decades. For his college studies, he went to Philadelphia’s Temple University courtesy of the G.I. Bill. He graduated cum laude with a Journalism degree before proceeding to acquire a master’s in English at the same institution. He made history by being the first of his family to go to college. His first job after graduation was in the Temple University alumni department before he became a writer-editor at the Chilton Publications. In 1957 he moved up to become a copywriter at a Philadelphia ad agency named M. Russell Berger. A few months later, he got a job at N.W. Ayer an international ad agency where he worked on the accounts of the likes of Chrysler and United Airlines.