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georger 247
QuoteI got my issue.
It's the right issue.
Article starts on page 21
Get this: Full page, Full Color head, almost front, shot of Ted B. Braden. He has blue eyes.
Issue over.
Go to Plan B3R4N12.3
An individual with brown and blue alleles of the bey2 gene on chromosome 15. There are two copies of chromosome 15. Each copy has the bey2 gene. On one copy the bey2 gene is in the brown flavor, in the other the bey2 gene is in the blue flavor. The difference between the brown and blue alleles is
due to some difference in the genetic code for each gene (the DNA sequence for the bey2 gene is under
construction).
snowmman 3
QuoteQuoteI got my issue.
It's the right issue.
Article starts on page 21
Get this: Full page, Full Color head, almost front, shot of Ted B. Braden. He has blue eyes.
Issue over.
Go to Plan B3R4N12.3
An individual with brown and blue alleles of the bey2 gene on chromosome 15. There are two copies of chromosome 15. Each copy has the bey2 gene. On one copy the bey2 gene is in the brown flavor, in the other the bey2 gene is in the blue flavor. The difference between the brown and blue alleles is
due to some difference in the genetic code for each gene (the DNA sequence for the bey2 gene is under
construction).
I don't know what the heck you're talking about Georger.
I just posted that I don't know if he has blue eyes or green eyes.
Look at the picture and tell me.
(edit) Are you saying you know something about the DNA on the tie, and Braden's eyes reveal a mutation that's inconsistent with the tie DNA???
(edit) I just noticed I had mirrored in left to right relative to how it was printed in the magazine. Just fixed it in the post above to match the magazine. save it again if you saved it before.
snowmman 3
I was just looking at the description again.
Only Schaffner said eye color brown?
I'm wondering if Braden is out?
Still don't know Braden's height.
Mucklow
"W/M, mid 40's, 5-10" 6', 180 to 190, med to dark complexion, medium build, dark straight hair with narrow sideburns to mid ear parted and combed back, dark plastic wrap-around sunglasses, dark top coat, dark brown suit possibly with a thin black stripe, brown socks, brown ankle length pebble grain shoes, not the tie type, he had a low voice with no accent, she did not see scars, marks or tattoos, the man did not have on any jewelry she could see."
Schaffner
"W/M, mid 40's, 6', 170-175, average build, brown eyes, straight black hair medium length and parted on the left side, olive skin, black business suit, white shirt, thin black tie, black overcoat, black shoes, black briefcase, dark framed sunglasses with brown lenses, no scars marks or tattoos, he had a normal calm voice and appeared to be of Latin descent."
Only Schaffner said eye color brown?
I'm wondering if Braden is out?
Still don't know Braden's height.
Mucklow
"W/M, mid 40's, 5-10" 6', 180 to 190, med to dark complexion, medium build, dark straight hair with narrow sideburns to mid ear parted and combed back, dark plastic wrap-around sunglasses, dark top coat, dark brown suit possibly with a thin black stripe, brown socks, brown ankle length pebble grain shoes, not the tie type, he had a low voice with no accent, she did not see scars, marks or tattoos, the man did not have on any jewelry she could see."
Schaffner
"W/M, mid 40's, 6', 170-175, average build, brown eyes, straight black hair medium length and parted on the left side, olive skin, black business suit, white shirt, thin black tie, black overcoat, black shoes, black briefcase, dark framed sunglasses with brown lenses, no scars marks or tattoos, he had a normal calm voice and appeared to be of Latin descent."
Fantastic, Snow - what a goldmine.
Seeing the pix gave me a chill, and a thrill, too. Whew. The thought: "Am I looking at a picture of DB Cooper?" ran through my head.
So very cool. Thank you!
Seeing the pix gave me a chill, and a thrill, too. Whew. The thought: "Am I looking at a picture of DB Cooper?" ran through my head.
So very cool. Thank you!
snowmman 3
page 22
Ted Braden spent 23 consecutive months in Vietnam on this type of work, which may be some kind of endurance record for a field operator. But for his type, the field didn't offer enough risks; he "played the margin" in town as well. He was continuously involved in shady deals to make money - a commodity, for him, always in short supply.
At one time he was also under suspicion of murder. The victim was a Vietnamese soldier - and Braden especially despised ARVN men. It was probably to his advantage to be working for the Agency at the time; otherwise the press might have picked it up, thus forcing a public court-martial."
Ted Braden spent 23 consecutive months in Vietnam on this type of work, which may be some kind of endurance record for a field operator. But for his type, the field didn't offer enough risks; he "played the margin" in town as well. He was continuously involved in shady deals to make money - a commodity, for him, always in short supply.
At one time he was also under suspicion of murder. The victim was a Vietnamese soldier - and Braden especially despised ARVN men. It was probably to his advantage to be working for the Agency at the time; otherwise the press might have picked it up, thus forcing a public court-martial."
snowmman 3
QuoteFantastic, Snow - what a goldmine.
Seeing the pix gave me a chill, and a thrill, too. Whew. The thought: "Am I looking at a picture of DB Cooper?" ran through my head.
So very cool. Thank you.
Hey, can you imagine me. I get home, there's a envelope in the mailbox. I slice it open with a knife, look at the index, and turn to the first page, and it's a huge photo...just when we were saying "we don't have a good photo of Braden"
regardless of whether he's Cooper or not, it's cool when you just plug away, and things fall in your lap, that you were looking for.
Some more good stuff about Ted's behavior in 'nam, and personality in the article. See what I just posted. I'll cruise some more.
snowmman 3
from page 23
I was at the Caravelle Bar [Ed. with Snowmman :)] in Saigon when I first heard they were hiring white mercenaries in Africa. Christmas 1966 was four days away. I'd been in Vietnam 23 months, had worked with some good men, enjoyed my share of women, probably drank more than my share of good liquor and done interesting work.
But I was fed up.
It wasn't the work - leading a small group in the jungle on the prowl to find other men is what I enjoy and do best. In part it was hassling with chair-bound commands in Saigon, empire builders, bureaucratic bunglers and incompetent Vietnamese officers and officials.
But mostly it was money. I was getting older but no richer. I was in the business of hunting people, and, when necessary - and sometimes when it wasn't - of killing them. That's all right, but it's risky and very often dirty, sweaty work. Like I say, it's a business, but the ones making the good money were the Agency boys in their air-conditioned offices in Saigon on Tran Vang Dau Street. Only on loan to the CIA, not "one of the boys," I was drawing pay as a sergeant first class. I like the first class thing - but it's not possible on $800 a month. This meant I had to spend much of my time working the black market and the piastre exchange to turn a buck.
However, the mercenaries, I was told, made at least twice as much (more for an officer) with even better opportunities to make a dollar on the side. I was already a mercenary, but a poorly paid one. Like those in Special Forces who have volunteered for their fourth and fifth tours in Vietnam, I didn't extend my tour for glory, honor, country - only for money. I didn't know who or why the mercenaries were fighting, but's of little consequence to a professional.
Getting from Vietnam to the States was unbelievably easy. Then after balling it up over Christmas and New Year's, I departed Miami International and arrived in London on January 7 [ed. 1967]. A short visit with friends and it was off to Belgium on the nine p.m boat train from Victoria Station.
I had been told that recruiting was being conducted from the offices of the Union Miniere du Haut Katanga (the Mining Union of High Katanga). As it turned out, the information was bad, but I was referred to an office where a man did some calling around and told me my best bet was Salisbury, Rhodesia"
later he mention the planes (I'll start another post for 377)
I was at the Caravelle Bar [Ed. with Snowmman :)] in Saigon when I first heard they were hiring white mercenaries in Africa. Christmas 1966 was four days away. I'd been in Vietnam 23 months, had worked with some good men, enjoyed my share of women, probably drank more than my share of good liquor and done interesting work.
But I was fed up.
It wasn't the work - leading a small group in the jungle on the prowl to find other men is what I enjoy and do best. In part it was hassling with chair-bound commands in Saigon, empire builders, bureaucratic bunglers and incompetent Vietnamese officers and officials.
But mostly it was money. I was getting older but no richer. I was in the business of hunting people, and, when necessary - and sometimes when it wasn't - of killing them. That's all right, but it's risky and very often dirty, sweaty work. Like I say, it's a business, but the ones making the good money were the Agency boys in their air-conditioned offices in Saigon on Tran Vang Dau Street. Only on loan to the CIA, not "one of the boys," I was drawing pay as a sergeant first class. I like the first class thing - but it's not possible on $800 a month. This meant I had to spend much of my time working the black market and the piastre exchange to turn a buck.
However, the mercenaries, I was told, made at least twice as much (more for an officer) with even better opportunities to make a dollar on the side. I was already a mercenary, but a poorly paid one. Like those in Special Forces who have volunteered for their fourth and fifth tours in Vietnam, I didn't extend my tour for glory, honor, country - only for money. I didn't know who or why the mercenaries were fighting, but's of little consequence to a professional.
Getting from Vietnam to the States was unbelievably easy. Then after balling it up over Christmas and New Year's, I departed Miami International and arrived in London on January 7 [ed. 1967]. A short visit with friends and it was off to Belgium on the nine p.m boat train from Victoria Station.
I had been told that recruiting was being conducted from the offices of the Union Miniere du Haut Katanga (the Mining Union of High Katanga). As it turned out, the information was bad, but I was referred to an office where a man did some calling around and told me my best bet was Salisbury, Rhodesia"
later he mention the planes (I'll start another post for 377)
I'm lovin' this. Keep it coming.
snowmman 3
page 25
In addition to the C-118 which had brought me to Albertville, WIGMO/5 Commando also had an assortment of C-46 and C-47 transports, Skyraider fighter-bombers and B-26 bombers. The latter were flown by Cuban nationals left over from the Bay of Pigs exercise.
They were reminiscent of our "Cowboy" pilots with Project Delta in Vietnam, down to and including affecting strange costumes and low slung holsters. Real hotshots. ....
I was told by those working there that once they had five C-130s but they and their crews were needed to make up losses in Vietnam.
When we arrived at the Kinshasa Airport, instead of stopping at the main terminal we taxied the length of the strip to the CIA hangar. Here they didnt' bother with euphemisms. It not only was the CIA hangar, they called it that.
Braden goes on pointing out details about CIA and CIA money and who they supporting. Mobutu or Tshombe, the CIA settled on Mobutu...flipped a coin maybe??
Now's a good time to remind everyone to not refer to it as the "Snowmman Industries hangar". Just "The Hanger".
(edit) I'll post the full images for Bruce. I'm just highlighting stuff because I can't trust you guys to read the whole articles :)
In addition to the C-118 which had brought me to Albertville, WIGMO/5 Commando also had an assortment of C-46 and C-47 transports, Skyraider fighter-bombers and B-26 bombers. The latter were flown by Cuban nationals left over from the Bay of Pigs exercise.
They were reminiscent of our "Cowboy" pilots with Project Delta in Vietnam, down to and including affecting strange costumes and low slung holsters. Real hotshots. ....
I was told by those working there that once they had five C-130s but they and their crews were needed to make up losses in Vietnam.
When we arrived at the Kinshasa Airport, instead of stopping at the main terminal we taxied the length of the strip to the CIA hangar. Here they didnt' bother with euphemisms. It not only was the CIA hangar, they called it that.
Braden goes on pointing out details about CIA and CIA money and who they supporting. Mobutu or Tshombe, the CIA settled on Mobutu...flipped a coin maybe??
Now's a good time to remind everyone to not refer to it as the "Snowmman Industries hangar". Just "The Hanger".
(edit) I'll post the full images for Bruce. I'm just highlighting stuff because I can't trust you guys to read the whole articles :)
georger 247
QuoteQuoteQuoteI got my issue.
It's the right issue.
Article starts on page 21
Get this: Full page, Full Color head, almost front, shot of Ted B. Braden. He has blue eyes.
Issue over.
Go to Plan B3R4N12.3
An individual with brown and blue alleles of the bey2 gene on chromosome 15. There are two copies of chromosome 15. Each copy has the bey2 gene. On one copy the bey2 gene is in the brown flavor, in the other the bey2 gene is in the blue flavor. The difference between the brown and blue alleles is
due to some difference in the genetic code for each gene (the DNA sequence for the bey2 gene is under
construction).
I don't know what the heck you're talking about Georger.
reply]
I am saying, bey-2 Brown on C-15 is dominate over
everything. Has nothing to do with mutations.
Mutations is a separate subject. Has to do with the production of proteins, melanin, and eye pigmentation.
Signor Braden is not your man.
- back to scheduled trolling -
snowmman 3
page 26
last paragraph of the article
I need work and I don't mean driving somebody's truck. There's a great need for people with my talents, but unfortunately the CIA is doing the hiring or the others, because of the the CIA, lack the funds to make a contract interesting.
[Ed. Snowmman Industries was not yet formed]
Evidently I'm on the Agency's blacklist and that makes it difficult to contact other employers from this country. Those who can use my help in Latin America are trying to fight using indigenous and foreign idealists - which means no money for the professionals. It's too bad Stroessner, Rojas and Samoza are in so tight with "Sam", otherwise they would pay well. I'd like to go back to the Congo but I don't think they'll let me.
Too bad, because the anti-Mobutu boys are making a bundle.
Hey these Ramparts magazines were pretty cool. The next article is on Che'. "The Spectre of Che' Guevera" with a nice full page illustration of Che'
Then there's "Pacification in Vietnam"..man that's revealing all the CIA shit in Vietnam too!
and some ads for psychedelic Tarot Cards.
Great magazine!
and an article on the John Lennon film "How I Won The War" (an anti-war film)
last paragraph of the article
I need work and I don't mean driving somebody's truck. There's a great need for people with my talents, but unfortunately the CIA is doing the hiring or the others, because of the the CIA, lack the funds to make a contract interesting.
[Ed. Snowmman Industries was not yet formed]
Evidently I'm on the Agency's blacklist and that makes it difficult to contact other employers from this country. Those who can use my help in Latin America are trying to fight using indigenous and foreign idealists - which means no money for the professionals. It's too bad Stroessner, Rojas and Samoza are in so tight with "Sam", otherwise they would pay well. I'd like to go back to the Congo but I don't think they'll let me.
Too bad, because the anti-Mobutu boys are making a bundle.
Hey these Ramparts magazines were pretty cool. The next article is on Che'. "The Spectre of Che' Guevera" with a nice full page illustration of Che'
Then there's "Pacification in Vietnam"..man that's revealing all the CIA shit in Vietnam too!
and some ads for psychedelic Tarot Cards.
Great magazine!
and an article on the John Lennon film "How I Won The War" (an anti-war film)
snowmman 3
I cropped unnecessary white margins, and resized to 8" high and adjusted the compression to be just under 300k each. so this is the best you can get.
But it's readable. You can print it and read it, or zoom a little and get good sized print that's not really smudgy.
I did a b/w scan, so you'll see the pic of Braden is b/w here.
But it's color in the article, as I posted before.
Hey there's an article on Vietnam war deserters in Europe, the article before Braden's.
If people are interested in cutting and pasting text from it..I'll do the OCR?
But it's readable. You can print it and read it, or zoom a little and get good sized print that's not really smudgy.
I did a b/w scan, so you'll see the pic of Braden is b/w here.
But it's color in the article, as I posted before.
Hey there's an article on Vietnam war deserters in Europe, the article before Braden's.
If people are interested in cutting and pasting text from it..I'll do the OCR?
snowmman 3
georger said "Signor Braden is not your man."
Whew! Well glad that's settled.
What about Waugh? Is he still in or out?
(edit) Georger: is this saying that brown allele on 15 is not sufficent to decide if the eyes are brown? See what I highlighted.
from http://www.ccs.k12.in.us/chsteachers/Amayhew/Biology%20Notes/multiple%20alleles%20notes.htm
In humans, eye color is the result of polygenic inheritance. At the present, three gene pairs controlling human eye color are known.
Two of the gene pairs occur on chromosome pair 15 and one occurs on chromosome pair 19.
The bey 2 gene, on chromosome 15, has a brown and a blue allele. A second gene, located on chromosome 19 (the gey gene) has a blue and a green allele. A third gene, bey 1, located on chromosome 15, is a central brown eye color gene.
The brown allele is always dominant over the blue allele so even if a person is heterozygous (one brown and one blue allele) for the bey 2 gene on chromosome 15 the brown allele will be expressed.
The gey gene also has two alleles, one green and one blue.
The green allele is dominant to the blue allele on either chromosome but is recessive to the brown allele on chromosome 15. This means that there is a dominance order among the two gene pairs.
If a person has a brown allele on chromosome 15 and all other alleles are blue or green the person will have brown eyes.
If there is a green allele on chromosome 19 and the rest of the alleles are blue, eye color will be green. Blue eyes will occur only if all four alleles are for blue eyes.
Whew! Well glad that's settled.
What about Waugh? Is he still in or out?
(edit) Georger: is this saying that brown allele on 15 is not sufficent to decide if the eyes are brown? See what I highlighted.
from http://www.ccs.k12.in.us/chsteachers/Amayhew/Biology%20Notes/multiple%20alleles%20notes.htm
In humans, eye color is the result of polygenic inheritance. At the present, three gene pairs controlling human eye color are known.
Two of the gene pairs occur on chromosome pair 15 and one occurs on chromosome pair 19.
The bey 2 gene, on chromosome 15, has a brown and a blue allele. A second gene, located on chromosome 19 (the gey gene) has a blue and a green allele. A third gene, bey 1, located on chromosome 15, is a central brown eye color gene.
The brown allele is always dominant over the blue allele so even if a person is heterozygous (one brown and one blue allele) for the bey 2 gene on chromosome 15 the brown allele will be expressed.
The gey gene also has two alleles, one green and one blue.
The green allele is dominant to the blue allele on either chromosome but is recessive to the brown allele on chromosome 15. This means that there is a dominance order among the two gene pairs.
If a person has a brown allele on chromosome 15 and all other alleles are blue or green the person will have brown eyes.
If there is a green allele on chromosome 19 and the rest of the alleles are blue, eye color will be green. Blue eyes will occur only if all four alleles are for blue eyes.
snowmman 3
http://www.athro.com/evo/gen/eyecols.html
So if I look at that page, if you have DNA with Chromosome 15 with a brown allele, the eyes are going to be brown?
And blue eyes are definitely ruled out, as well as green eyes?
funny: that page also says "A second gene for green has also been postulated. Other eye colors including black, grey, and hazel are not yet explained."
So if I look at that page, if you have DNA with Chromosome 15 with a brown allele, the eyes are going to be brown?
And blue eyes are definitely ruled out, as well as green eyes?
funny: that page also says "A second gene for green has also been postulated. Other eye colors including black, grey, and hazel are not yet explained."
snowmman 3
"In the past, this brown-blue gene has been called bey2 or EYCL3. These were the names of theoretical genes on chromosome 15."
http://genetics.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_genetics_of_blue_eyes
Georger: If they were "theoretical genes" then there's nothing you could have from the tie, that would ID the eye color?
It's only since 2007, that OCA2 was id'ed???
Georger: I don't understand this, but this is new research on blue eyes as of 2007?
Talks about OCA2
In the past, this brown-blue gene has been called bey2 or EYCL3. These were the names of theoretical genes on chromosome 15. At the time of their naming, no one knew what or where the actual gene was.
In the last few years though, a number of papers have come out that showed that OCA2 was probably the main eye color gene. The new paper that identifies these three changes strengthens this argument even more. So most likely, OCA2=bey2, EYCL3.
Georger, did you incorporate this into what you said?
http://www.thetech.org/genetics/news.php?id=39
or
http://yannklimentidis.blogspot.com/2007/11/oca2-and-eye-color.html
OCA2 and other genes have previously been implicated in eye color (here, here, and a new paper that I haven't blogged on yet) Here, they look at more variants in OCA2 and are able to predict eye color from a "modest number of SNPs in the gene."
http://genetics.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_genetics_of_blue_eyes
Georger: If they were "theoretical genes" then there's nothing you could have from the tie, that would ID the eye color?
It's only since 2007, that OCA2 was id'ed???
Georger: I don't understand this, but this is new research on blue eyes as of 2007?
Talks about OCA2
In the past, this brown-blue gene has been called bey2 or EYCL3. These were the names of theoretical genes on chromosome 15. At the time of their naming, no one knew what or where the actual gene was.
In the last few years though, a number of papers have come out that showed that OCA2 was probably the main eye color gene. The new paper that identifies these three changes strengthens this argument even more. So most likely, OCA2=bey2, EYCL3.
Georger, did you incorporate this into what you said?
http://www.thetech.org/genetics/news.php?id=39
or
http://yannklimentidis.blogspot.com/2007/11/oca2-and-eye-color.html
OCA2 and other genes have previously been implicated in eye color (here, here, and a new paper that I haven't blogged on yet) Here, they look at more variants in OCA2 and are able to predict eye color from a "modest number of SNPs in the gene."
snowmman 3
Multilocus OCA2 genotypes specify human iris colors
Tony Frudakis, Timothy Terravainen and Matthew Thomas
Human Genetics Volume 122, Numbers 3-4 / November, 2007
Human iris color is a quantitative, multifactorial phenotype that exhibits quasi-Mendelian inheritance. Recent studies have shown that OCA2 polymorphism underlies most of the natural variability in human iris pigmentation but to date, only a few associated polymorphisms in this gene have been described. Herein, we describe an iris color score (C) for quantifying iris melanin content in-silico and undertake a more detailed survey of the OCA2 locus (n = 271 SNPs). In 1,317 subjects, we confirmed six previously described associations and identified another 27 strongly associated with C that were not explained by continental population stratification (OR 1.5–17.9, P = 0.03 to less than 0.001). Haplotype analysis with respect to these 33 SNPs revealed six haplotype blocks and 11 hap-tags within these blocks. To identify genetic features for best-predicting iris color, we selected sets of SNPs by parsing P values among possible combinations and identified four discontinuous and non-overlapping sets across the LD blocks (p-Selected SNP sets). In a second, partially overlapping sample of 1,072, samples with matching diplotypes comprised of these p-Selected OCA2 SNPs exhibited a rate of C concordance of 96.3% (n = 82), which was significantly greater than that obtained from randomly selected samples (62.6%, n = 246, P less than 0.0001). In contrast, the rate of C concordance using diplotypes comprised of the 11 identified hap-tags was only 83.7%, and that obtained using diplotypes comprised of all 33 SNPs organized as contiguous sets along the locus (defined by the LD block structure) was only 93.3%. These results confirm that OCA2 is the major human iris color gene and suggest that using an empirical database-driven system, genotypes from a modest number of SNPs within this gene can be used to accurately predict iris melanin content from DNA.
Tony Frudakis, Timothy Terravainen and Matthew Thomas
Human Genetics Volume 122, Numbers 3-4 / November, 2007
Human iris color is a quantitative, multifactorial phenotype that exhibits quasi-Mendelian inheritance. Recent studies have shown that OCA2 polymorphism underlies most of the natural variability in human iris pigmentation but to date, only a few associated polymorphisms in this gene have been described. Herein, we describe an iris color score (C) for quantifying iris melanin content in-silico and undertake a more detailed survey of the OCA2 locus (n = 271 SNPs). In 1,317 subjects, we confirmed six previously described associations and identified another 27 strongly associated with C that were not explained by continental population stratification (OR 1.5–17.9, P = 0.03 to less than 0.001). Haplotype analysis with respect to these 33 SNPs revealed six haplotype blocks and 11 hap-tags within these blocks. To identify genetic features for best-predicting iris color, we selected sets of SNPs by parsing P values among possible combinations and identified four discontinuous and non-overlapping sets across the LD blocks (p-Selected SNP sets). In a second, partially overlapping sample of 1,072, samples with matching diplotypes comprised of these p-Selected OCA2 SNPs exhibited a rate of C concordance of 96.3% (n = 82), which was significantly greater than that obtained from randomly selected samples (62.6%, n = 246, P less than 0.0001). In contrast, the rate of C concordance using diplotypes comprised of the 11 identified hap-tags was only 83.7%, and that obtained using diplotypes comprised of all 33 SNPs organized as contiguous sets along the locus (defined by the LD block structure) was only 93.3%. These results confirm that OCA2 is the major human iris color gene and suggest that using an empirical database-driven system, genotypes from a modest number of SNPs within this gene can be used to accurately predict iris melanin content from DNA.
snowmman 3
Sluggo had posted
"will be making a request (to the FBI) for information as to whether Ted. B. Braden and all his aliases (including Joseph Edward Homer) were investigated by the agencies in charge and to what extent these investigations (if they existed) were conducted. "
Homer may be incorrect???
From the Ramparts article,, the name Braden writes about is Joseph Edward Horner
I'll have to check which is the correct KIA. ((edit) apparently Horner was a Canadian citizen? Harder to find and verify Canadian KIA names??)
on page 24 Braden says:
"From Saigon to Johannesburg I traveled and registered as Ted B. Braden. After I arrived and cleared through for Smuts International Airport in Johannesburg I became Joseph Edward Horner, Canadian citizen, born and raised in Windsor, Ontario.
(Joseph Horner was a real person - a sergeant in Special Forces who was killed in 1965 at the SOG camp at Long Than when a round from a mortar he was firing exploded prematurely.)"
"will be making a request (to the FBI) for information as to whether Ted. B. Braden and all his aliases (including Joseph Edward Homer) were investigated by the agencies in charge and to what extent these investigations (if they existed) were conducted. "
Homer may be incorrect???
From the Ramparts article,, the name Braden writes about is Joseph Edward Horner
I'll have to check which is the correct KIA. ((edit) apparently Horner was a Canadian citizen? Harder to find and verify Canadian KIA names??)
on page 24 Braden says:
"From Saigon to Johannesburg I traveled and registered as Ted B. Braden. After I arrived and cleared through for Smuts International Airport in Johannesburg I became Joseph Edward Horner, Canadian citizen, born and raised in Windsor, Ontario.
(Joseph Horner was a real person - a sergeant in Special Forces who was killed in 1965 at the SOG camp at Long Than when a round from a mortar he was firing exploded prematurely.)"
There's a hint of moire' pattern, but I think it looks like the original.
and fits within the 300k limit here.
page 21 Ramparts October 1967.
Here's the weird thing.
When I first glanced at the photo in the magazine, I thought "blue eyes"...then when I scanned it, I thought "what, green eyes?"
so I looked at the magazine again, and the color is a good match.
I can't tell if his eyes are blue or green. A faint brown dash around the pupil too.
Ok, let the comments fly. I'm working on getting the rest of the article .
(attached)
(edit) I actually like one thing about the photo.
There's so much macho posturing with skydiving, at least from my non-jumper perspective, it's cool to see someone who looks like the classic washed out businessman, but in fact was a hunter killer, very early freefall expert (based on the number of jumps he did in the early '60s)...and was competing and did well.
Kind of exactly what Cooper did. Look like a dweeb. Sting like a bee.
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