Interview report (FD-302)Interview at FBI Lafayette Resident Agency re military service, parachuting and 1971 whereaboutsInterviewed 19 October 1976page 1 of 4
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Part 41, page 161

DB Cooper-16174

Interviewed 19 October 1976Dictated 20 October 1976Transcribed 26 October 1976

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 41 p. 161 (DB Cooper-16174), FD-302 interview, interviewed 19 Oct 1976 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-41/pages/161

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FD-302 (REV. 11-27-70) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Date of transcription 10/26/76

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[REDACTED] was interviewed at the Lafayette Resident Agency and after being advised of the identity of interviewing Agents and the reason for the interview [REDACTED] was presented a Waiver of Rights Form which he read and signed and furnished the following information:

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[REDACTED] advised that in [REDACTED] he enlisted in the U. S. Army and was sent to Medical School at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, and subsequently went overseas to Korea and served as Ambulance Driver and Aideman with the Seventh Division of the U. S. Army. [REDACTED] advised that he returned to the Continental United States in [REDACTED] and was placed in the Eighth Division of the U. S. Army and served in the Quarter Master Branch and was then transferred to the Ninth Division Army where he served in the Ordnance Branch. [REDACTED] advised that in [REDACTED] he received an Honorable Discharge from the Military and he returned to his home in Grand Forks, North Dakota, and got a job driving an Over The Road Diesel Truck.

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[REDACTED] stated that in [REDACTED] from Sheldon, Iowa, and that he was [REDACTED] and then he [REDACTED] [REDACTED] currently lives in Sheldon, Iowa, and could be contacted through [REDACTED]

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[REDACTED] continued that in [REDACTED] he returned to Military Service as an E-2 and went through basic training at Fort Ord, California, and subsequently was shipped to Fort Hood, Texas, where he was assigned in the Ordnance Branch at Fort Hood, Texas. [REDACTED] stated that he stayed at Fort Hood, Texas, and in the Army until [REDACTED] [REDACTED] and that at this time he was given a Dishonorable Discharge from the Army and was [REDACTED]

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[REDACTED] stated that he [REDACTED] and since

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Interviewed on 10/19/76 at Lafayette, Louisiana File # NO 164-136 - 118 by SA [REDACTED] SA [REDACTED] CGV:ebc Date dictated 10/20/76

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DB Cooper-16174 164-81 - 7721

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