Harry C. Butcher

Harry Cecil Butcher was an American radio broadcaster who served during World War II as the Naval Aide to General Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1942 to 1945.

During his tenure at WJSV, Butcher was commissioned a Lieutenant Commander in the United States Navy Reserve (U.S.N.R.) on September 16, 1939. From 1942 to 1945, Butcher served as the Naval Aide to General Dwight D. Eisenhower. On May 1, 1943, Butcher was promoted to the rank of Commander in the U.S.N.R. On November 1, 1944 he was promoted to the temporary rank of Captain. Following an order given to him by Eisenhower, Butcher kept a diary of his and Eisenhower's wartime activities. The diary would come to be published in 1946 under the title "My Three Years with Eisenhower." It also led to historian Max Hastings referring to him as "the embodiment of all gossip-ridden staff officers".

It was Butcher who preserved the written statement that Eisenhower had prepared in the event that the D-Day invasions failed.

Butcher returned to the broadcasting world following the end of WWII. From 1946 to the 1970s, Butcher owned a radio station in Santa Barbara, California.He also served as president of Santa Barbara's cable TV corporation and as a radio/television consultant.

On April 20, 1985, Butcher died in Santa Barbara, California, United States.