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“Raphael Lafferty: The Final Frontier” Raphael Aloysius Lafferty, or simply R.A. Lafferty, was born in 1914 on November 7th in Neola, Iowa. He was one of five kids born to Hugh David Lafferty and Julia Marie Burke. He was named Raphael because he was supposed to be born on St, Raphael’s day, October, 24th, but was fourteen days late. At the age of four, his family moved to Perry, Oklahoma. Later his family moved to Tulsa and Lafferty graduated from Cascia Hall High School, in the early 1930s. After graduation, Lafferty began taking correspondence classes in electrical engineering at the University of Tulsa. He left the university after only one year and began to work for Clark Electrical Supply Company. In 1942, Lafferty enlisted in the United States Army and served in World War II until 1946. He achieved the rank of Sergeant and received a New Guinea Campaign Star. Lafferty did not have what people call to day a normal life style. He was of Irish descendant. He was a devoted Roman Catholic. At the age of ten, he did something very abnormal for ten year olds; he memorized Groliers History of the World. This childhood accomplishment could help explain all of his historical based stories. Lafferty did not driv