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Part 46, page 272

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An avid parachutist, [guess: fanatic] on survival. Once. Told us he could never get lost or die of exposure. Received Medical Discharge [REDACTED] Retained in Military Reserves for several years. Held number of positions between [REDACTED]

Employed by Texas Instruments 1964 Received skilled training in Infra-Red Equipment and its uses. Company in cooperation w/U.S. Military sent him to France in [REDACTED] to train American and Allied personnel in use of Infra-Red and its values for nite flying, infiltration and observation of enemy troops. Company sent him to Viet Nam in [REDACTED] to train & observe allied forces there for same reason as above. On one of these above sojourns, he acquired a foreign-made revolver. (Think it came from France) [REDACTED] [guess: During] [REDACTED] he did field work of some sort for T.I. in Denver, Colo. and Seattle, Wash. (Told us of his many spare hours spent hunting, boating & hiking in Wyoming.)