BEER33 , Blond Ghost(Ted Shackley.CIA)

[QuangTri-FO]

Hey srry am late getting back ...
was dwn ..fer a while.
....Four page book review of
THA BLOND GHOST
at http://www.bearcave.com/bookrev/blond_ghost.htm

...its worth the read ...
Shackley was with the CIA for 28 years....
...and befor he retied out he was
Asst Deputy Dir of Operations.
...be for that he had been the Station Chief
...in , Laos , and in Cambodia...and Vietnam
....in the review you will run onto nention of anothe
very deadly fellow... Ed(Edwin) P. Wilson ...
...Bio ...is in the form of a Nonfiction Book..
... THE DEATH MERCHANT ...very fitting ..
it also covers a lot of Frank Turpil,s adventures
with Wilson in Kadaffiee land... where
one of their acts was to deliver 20 tons of C-4
...just a minor thing in the overall ...
.....
...if you do a google search on these names you will
be amazer.... ...and never trust anyone again!
( Laughing.... well only just a little..)
Grunt66 hw r u ...Its freezing here in N W Indiana
...Brrrrrrrr ..freeking cold !
....ha ha ha Volunteered for nam to get out of
going to Germany or Korea ( In a class of twelve
graduating...2 whent to Nam , Two to Korea ...and
the rest to Gr. Last wk the sarg came in and asked if anone wanted to vol for Nam and let the others off the hook...
...so I did ..and a fellow fro OK Cty...
.....They wanted to know why I was so willing to go
to Nan"Want to kill people...or something?"
.... Naw... just hate cold weather and want the 30 day leave.
....all the shit i whent thru trying to get the hell out of
the Army...Then Volunteered for the Nam !
...Born in Indiana...and Hate the Winters ....

Carl (QuangTri_FO) at tnrenelin@yahoo.com
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