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Anthony Poshepny

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Anthony Alexander Poshepny (September 18, 1924 – June 27, 2003), known as Tony Poe, was a CIA paramilitary officer in what is now called Special Activities Division. [1]

25 relations: Air America (airline), Allegations of CIA drug trafficking, Apocalypse Now, Auto Defense Choc, Battle of Luang Namtha, Bill Young (CIA officer), Camp Hale, Campaign 139, Colonel Kurtz, Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia), Intelligence Star, J. Vinton Lawrence, James William Lair, Lao Veterans of America, List of guerrillas, List of San Jose State University people, List of United States Marines, Operation Momentum, Operation Triangle, Poe (surname), Special Activities Division, The Center for Public Policy Analysis, The Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia, Thomas Fosmire, Tibetan Americans.

Air America (airline)

Air America was an American passenger and cargo airline covertly owned and operated by the US government from 1950 to 1976.

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Allegations of CIA drug trafficking

The United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has been accused of involvement in drug trafficking.

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Apocalypse Now

Apocalypse Now is a 1979 American epic war film directed, produced, and co-written by Francis Ford Coppola.

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Auto Defense Choc

The Auto Defense de Choc (ADC) was a militia training program for the Royal Lao Armed Forces.

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Battle of Luang Namtha

The Battle of Luang Namtha, fought between January 1962 and May 1962, was an important engagement of the Laotian Civil War.

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Bill Young (CIA officer)

William (Bill) Young (28 October 1934 – 1 April 2011) was a Central Intelligence Agency paramilitary officer in the famed Special Activities Division born in Berkeley, California and raised in Burma and Thailand.

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Camp Hale

Camp Hale, between Red Cliff and Leadville in the Eagle River valley in Colorado, was a U.S. Army training facility constructed in 1942 for what became the 10th Mountain Division.

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Campaign 139

Campaign 139 (14 September 1969–25 April 1970) was a major military offensive of the People's Army of Vietnam, launched against its Royalist enemies during the Laotian Civil War.

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Colonel Kurtz

Colonel Walter E. Kurtz, portrayed by Marlon Brando, is a fictional character and the main antagonist of Francis Ford Coppola's film Apocalypse Now (1979).

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Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia)

The Golden Triangle is the area where the borders of Thailand, Laos, and Myanmar meet at the confluence of the Ruak and Mekong Rivers.

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Intelligence Star

The Intelligence Star is an award given by the Central Intelligence Agency to its officers for "voluntary acts of courage performed under hazardous conditions or for outstanding achievements or services rendered with distinction under conditions of grave risk".

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J. Vinton Lawrence

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James William Lair

James William Lair (often referred to as Bill Lair) (4 July 1924 – October 28, 2014) was an influential Central Intelligence Agency paramilitary officer from the Special Activities Division.

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Lao Veterans of America

The Lao Veterans of America, Inc., describes itself as a non-profit, non-partisan, non-governmental, veterans organization that represents Lao- and Hmong-American veterans who served in the U.S. clandestine war in the Kingdom of Laos during the Vietnam War as well as their refugee families in the United States.

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List of guerrillas

List of famous guerrillas, ordered by region.

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List of San Jose State University people

The following is a list of notable persons (students, alumni, faculty or academic affiliates) associated with San José State University, located in the American city of San Jose, California.

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List of United States Marines

The following is a list of people who served in the United States Marine Corps and have gained fame through previous or subsequent endeavors, infamy, or successes.

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Operation Momentum

Operation Momentum was a guerrilla training program during the Laotian Civil War.

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Operation Triangle

Operation Triangle was a military operation of the Laotian Civil War staged from 19—29 July 1964.

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Poe (surname)

Poe is the surname of.

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Special Activities Division

The Special Activities Division (SAD) is a division of the United States Central Intelligence Agency responsible for covert operations.

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The Center for Public Policy Analysis

The Center for Public Policy Analysis (CPPA), or Centre for Public Policy Analysis, was established in Washington, D.C. in 1988 and describes itself as a non-profit, non-partisan, think tank and research organization.

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The Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia

The Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia is a 1972 non-fiction book on heroin trafficking in Southeast Asia and the CIA complicity and aid to the Southeast Asian opium/heroin trade.

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Thomas Fosmire

Thomas George Fosmire (31 August 1930, Milwaukee – 4 November 2007, Florence) joined the Central Intelligence Agency's Special Operations Group of Special Activities Division as a Paramilitary Officer in the 1950s and was given responsibility (along with Tony Poe) in training Tibetan tribesmen to fight against the Chinese Communists in the early part of his career.

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Tibetan Americans

Tibetan Americans are Americans of Tibetan ancestry.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Poshepny

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