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Originally posted by AGWskeptic
Anyway, after Korea he suddenly became a civilian contract pilot for the United Fruit Company and moved his family to Honduras...My main question is this, was he working for the CIA? I recently was going through his awards and service memorabilia and found his government service plaque, which lists 35 years of service to the US Government.
Which would mean he either worked 3 years after his retirement, or his time in Honduras was on the federal payroll.
My mom is more convinced than ever that he was doing a lot more than just spraying banana plants. She remembers late night meetings in their kitchen with men in both suits and uniforms that she had never seen before. Also, he left Korea as a Captain, but when he joined the Army after the gap in service he was a Major.
I've read a lot about the CIA involvement in the banana republics, but it's all bits and pieces. Anybody here know the history of this area at that time?
Originally posted by AGWskeptic
My main question is this, was he working for the CIA?
Originally posted by Blue Shift
Originally posted by AGWskeptic
My main question is this, was he working for the CIA?
Given his history, I think you can be pretty sure he was in the CIA. Throughout the last half of the 20th Century, the chances that a Caucasian "businessman" flying around in various tropical political hotspots was working for the CIA is about 90 percent.