Mike Levin was born in Venango, Nebraska in August, 1919, Mike's lifelong career in government service began in New York in 1942. A year-long tour of duty in Greenland preceded his returning to Fort Sill, Oklahoma for Officer Candidate School (OCS). Becoming a forward observer for the 489th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, his first enemy contact was near St. Vith, Belgium, during the first days of the Bulge. Fighting in the campaign to the Rhine, he was stationed in Halle, Germany, when the war concluded. He returned home in June 1946. Receiving the National Intelligence Medal as a precursor to his eventual career, he became an Intelligence Officer with the National Security Agency (NSA), rising to Director of Policy before retiring after 46 years of meritorious national service. He currently resides in Silver Spring, Maryland.
"I got into the Army in 1942 after I got out of the University of Vermont. I spent a year up in the Arctic in Greenland, and then they sent me back to Artillery Officer School in Fort Sill, Oklahoma. I thought that was very nice, it sounded like a good career until I got over here for the Battle of the Bulge, and then I decided it might not have been such a smart idea after all. But I made it, and I'm glad to be here."
