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Old 07-29-2017, 12:36 PM
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Originally Posted by AZretired View Post
Great story! But just as a note he never worked for the CIA. He was a trainer for the OSS during WW2 and retired shortly thereafter, before the CIA existed. He was quite a guy!
Thanks, I knew that and just didn't stop to think about the difference between the OSS and the CIA. Besides knowing Rex, I got acquainted with a former Hong Kong Police Officer who had managed to immigrate to the USA. He told me that the average HK Police Officer shot about 6 total shots in practice once a year prior to Rex getting there to help. Between Rex's instruction in use of the handgun, baton work and knife fighting, the former HK Policeman said the deaths and injuries to the policemen dropped off to near nothing. This man told me that the everyday officer after going thru Rex's complete training course thought he walked on water. ....