Harold Burman

General Harold Burman was the first director of V.W.A.T. following its creation in 1964. Under his leadership, the organization battled some of its earliest and most challenging cases, as well as noting the first known activity of the group later named Cimmerian. However, after a length of time running the organization, he began compromising with various supernatural creatures, eventually becoming a vampire before being executed in 1971.

History
Harold Burman was a general in the United States Army for, presumably, several years. He was officially appointed as V.W.A.T. director on April 14 of 1964. Under his leadership, the organization thrived, encountering some of its most challenging cases while investigating the assassination of President Kennedy for presumed association with the supernatural. However, things were noted to have changed during the later years, with the organization growing more lax towards the organized crime rings run by supernatural beings.

It was eventually uncovered by the CIA that Burman and many others within V.W.A.T. had begun compromising with the supernatural, allowing them free reign in exchange for information. In addition, Burman himself had become a vampire as a trust pact. For two months in 1971, the army and Marines battled with V.W.A.T. loyalists, now with vampires in their ranks, over control of the facility in Vermont. On May 18, the battle was won, Burman and other vampires executed.