1912
-November 26, Paul McCarty, was born in Jackson County, Iowa.
-16th amendment passed.
1913
-17th amendment passed.
1914
-World War I begins.
1917
-United States enters World War I.
1918
-President Wilson outlines fourteen points.
1919
-18th amendment passed.
-The Treaty of Versailles is signed ending World War I.
1920
-19th amendment passed.
1929
-October 29, 1929 – The New York Stock Market Crashes to an all time low (referred to as “Black Tuesday”), signaling the start of the Great Depression.
1933
-20th amendment passed.
-21st amendment passed.
1935
-Paul attended Coyne Electrical School in Chicago.
1936
- Paul married first wife, Annie.
- Attended World’s Fair in San Francisco.
1939
-Germany invades Poland.
-France and Great Britain declare war on Germany.
-December, Arrived in Los Angeles; worked for Ray’s Electric Shop.
1941
-December 7th Japanese forces attack the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
United States declares war on Japan.
Germany and Italy declare war on United States.
-Worked part-time for and lived at Smith’s Grocery Store.
-May, Worked at Bendix Aircraft Limited to make controls for planes; Moved to 99th and Vermont.
1942
-Joined the Maritime Service and trained on the Martha Buehner.
-February, Assigned to the Gulf Wax Oil Tanker, and went to the Hawaiian Islands, and other islands in the South Pacific.
-Taught Wartime Radio Operation and procedure on the Martha Buehner in Los Angeles Harbor; worked part-time for the KFOX radio station in Long Beach.
1944
-Assigned to the ammunition ship Colombia Victory and participated in three invasions (Moratai in the Dutch East Indies, Iwo Jima, and Okenawa).
-Met second wife, Polly, during shore leave in San Francisco.
1945
-United States drops 1st atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
-United States drops 2nd atomic bomb on Nagasaki.
-World War II ends.
-Assigned to Army Transport Brazil
-Divorce from Annie Final.
1946
-Married Polly in Los Angeles.
-Discharged from Maritime Service.
1948
-Moved to Maquoketa, Iowa and ran McCarty’s Radio and Electric.
1949
-October, Moved to Grand Junction, Colorado to work at the AEC compound, as a radiation technician; clearance not approved; worked at different electric shops.
1950
-Korean War begins.
-Joseph McCarthy launches anticommunist crusade.
1951
-22nd amendment passed.
-Worked for BLM in Grand Junction, Colorado; discharged.
1952
-Moved to Paducah, Kentucky to work in AEC separation plant; pending clearance for control work at the plant, did labor work as an electrician.
-May 20, Security hearing to answer charges of Communist activity.
1953
-Clearance revoked.
1958
-Moved to Denver, Colorado; clearance revoked at Air Force Base.
1962
-The Soviet Union pulls its missiles out of Cuba.
-November, moved to Salt Lake City, Utah.
1964
-24th amendment passed.
-Segregation abolished in the United States.
-Vietnam War begins.
- May 11, Salt Lake City FBI agent attempts to clear up McCarty’s case; received a FBI letter to tell the agent to drop it.
1967
-25th amendment passed.
1969
-American Neal Armstrong first to walk on moon.
1971
-26th amendment passed.
1973
-Vietnam and the United States sign a peace treaty, ending the Vietnam War.
1976
-Moved to Cedar City, Utah.
1977
-Received 1940’s FBI file through the Freedom of Information Act.
2000
-Received rest of FBI documents pertaining to his case.
2001
-September 11th, terrorists attack twin towers, pentagon, and one plane crashed couple thousand dead.
2003
-United States declares war on Iraq.