Part 72, page 217
DB Cooper-31094Serials CE 164-101, SE 164-81-7300
Interviewed 2 December 1976Dictated 6 December 1976Transcribed 9 December 1976
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 72 p. 217 (DB Cooper-31094), FD-302 interview, interviewed 2 Dec 1976, serial SE 164-81-7300 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-72/pages/217
Transcript
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FD-302 (REV. 11-27-70)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date of transcription December 9, 1976
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Sergeant Major ROBERT LEE BROTZMAN, G/5 Section, 18th Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, was contacted at his place of employment at which time the identity of the interviewing Agent and nature of the interview was made known to him. He furnished the following information:
He stated that he is aware of the hijacking concerning "D. B. COOPER" having read about this hijacking in a sports parachute magazine. He stated that in addition to this, he has seen several tee shirts with the name D. B. COOPER stenciled on them in several sports parachute clubs that he has been associated with over the years.
He stated on many occasion, he has been kidded about being a "look alike" to the artist's description of D. B. COOPER by members of units that he has belonged to in the Army and in other sports parachute clubs.
Sergeant Major BROTZMAN advised he returned from Panama to Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on Thursday, November 11, 1976, and that he joined the sports parachute club of the 18th Airborne Corps the following week.
He stated he made his first "free fall" parachute jump with the 18th Airborne Corps Sports Parachute Club on November 20, 1976, after joining the parachute club. He stated he has been a parachutist since June of 1954 and has been a "sky diver" or "free fall" parachutist since November of 1972.
Sergeant Major BROTZMAN advised he has been in the United States Army since August 14, 1953, and received his parachute wings in June, 1954, and has been jumping since that date.
He stated he went to Viet Nam, September 25, 1970, and returned on May 2, 1972, and was not in the continental United States at the time of the hijack.
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Interviewed on 12/2/76 at Ft. Bragg, N. C. File # CE 164-101- /3/
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DB Cooper-31094
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