Harry J. Holt

Colonel Harry J. Holt (c.1915-1987) was a native of Washington, DC, and lived in Bethesda, MD, until retiring to Lake Placid, Florida. During World War II he served in the U.S. Air Force, where he was eventually promoted to colonel, and later served as post-commander of the Disabled American Veterans. Colonel Holt made miniature tools—such as a diesel hammer, chisel, or monkey wrench—out of sterling silver and ironwood.