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FD-302 (REV. 11-27-70)

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Date of transcription 10/26/76

VERNUCE A. HOFFKE? was interviewed at the Lafayette Resident Agency and after being advised of the identity of interviewing Agents and the reason for the interview HOFFKE was presented a Waiver of Rights Form which he read and signed and furnished the following information:

HOFFKE advised that in 1953 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. HOFFKE advised that he returned to the Continental United States in 1955 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. HOFFKE advised that in 1957 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.

HOFFKE stated that in 1960 [REDACTED] from Sheldon, Iowa, and that he was [REDACTED] and then he [REDACTED] currently lives in Sheldon, Iowa, and could be contacted through [REDACTED].

HOFFKE continued that in 1964 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. HOFFKE stated that he stayed at Fort Hood, Texas, and in the Army until he was arrested in 1965 for armed robbery and that at this time he was given a Dishonorable Discharge from the Army and was con- victed in Louisiana for armed robbery of a filling station and subsequently served four years at Angola State Prison in Louisiana and DeQuincy, Louisiana. HOFFKE stated that he was released in 1969 on parole from prison and since

Interviewed on 10/19/7[REDACTED] at Lafayette, Louisiana File # NO 164-136 - [REDACTED]

SA [REDACTED] by SA [REDACTED] Date dictated 10/20/76

DB Cooper-31166

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