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RE: Repost: The Kid That Became A Guy Part IV: Vietnam
My father was with the Company and in Manila in 66 and 67 (when and where I was born)- I would imagine some of his activities would have been focused on the Vietnam conflict if not all of them. Interesting story Rich! So jealous of that M-14, what a FINE rifle that is!
Don't tell anyone, but...
Wow- very nice! Green with envy!
Oh and I asked my dad about Colby yesterday- he knew him fairly well- well enough that Colby put in a congratulatory call when my dad retired. Colby apparently headed up Operation Phoenix in Vietnam. And then of course Colby's Congressional testimony- or the fear that he would divulge even more to Congress than he had in the past, is what got him murdered- giving up the 'family jewels' ........ https://keepkelb.com/family-jewels/
That's what made me reticent about talking about it in my post. I don't want to wind up committing suicide... Colby got up halfway through dinner to go canoeing in a Virginia swamp- he was in his late 80's! As the years went on I got a lot of respect for Bill Colby. He was a true believer! He believed that everything he did, he did for his country. He wasn't like most of those deep state assholes. In a video titus Frost called Bill "a scumbag" I lost most of my respect for him then. Bill called on me a couple more times in the early 70's. (I can't go into specifics). What I did was a precursor to the Phoenix Program. Bill was bureau chief- Saigon at the time. I watched with great interest his Congressional testimony... If he had been a dancer he would have been better than Fred Astaire lol! He tap-danced around the truth without ever once telling a lie... he was masterful.
I did work for the agency once more (it will be in a later chap) in 1979. I ran into a guy I knew in Nam at the Abbey Bar in the French Quarter. he was recruiting "advisors" to work as "consultants" for Coca Cola in Central America. I was 33 at the time, no kid anymore, but $100,000 for 6 months...
fascinating- my father also confirmed that he believed Colby was one of the good guys.
I'm starting to like your father!
Yeah he's one of the good guys