Part 72, page 270
DB Cooper-31167Serials NO 164-136
Dictated 20 October 1976Transcribed 26 October 1976
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 72 p. 270 (DB Cooper-31167), FD-302 interview, dictated 20 Oct 1976 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-72/pages/270
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NO 164-136
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that time he has no arrest or convictions. HOFFKE stated that at no time while he was in the Military did he ever participate in any parachute training and that he has never jumped from a parachute in his life and would not even know how to put on a parachute.
HOFFKE continued that upon his release from prison he went to work for Lake Charles Dredging and Towing and worked as an Oiler in the Engine Room and kept this job until the early part of 1971 and at this time he went to work for Durall Franks of Franks Flower Express Company and worked as a truck driver driving across country. HOFFKE advised that he kept this job until December, 1971, or January, 1972, and then he went to work for Williams Drilling Company in Baton Rouge and worked for approximately four months for them as a rough- neck in the oil fields. HOFFKE advised that his employ- ment with Durall Franks could be confirmed at the Durall Franks Express Office in Beaumont, Texas, and that his employment with Williams Drilling Company in Baton Rouge could be confirmed with their office in Baton Rouge.
HOFFKE continued that after he left Williams Drilling Company he went to work with Chaffin Workover in New Iberia, Louisiana, for about four months and worked as a motorman and subsequently quit this job and went to work with Penrod in Lafayette, Louisiana, for three or four months as a roughneck in the oil fields. HOFFKE stated that in approximately 1973 he went to work with Carr Truck Lines and worked for only one month as a truck driver and then quit this job to go to work for H. T. I. as an oil field laborer and worked with H. T. I. in Lafayette for approximately three months. HOFFKE stated that he then left H. T. I. and went to work with DSE, an oil company out of Omaha, Nebraska, whose headquarters are now in Little Rock, Arkansas, and he stayed on this job for approximately eleven months and then went to work with Dove Well Service for eight months in Lafayette. HOFFKE advised that after this he went to work for Brazzel Well Service in New Iberia, Louisiana, and also worked at this job for about eight months until he got a job with Homco in January of 1976 and continues to maintain this position
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