Robert DePugh

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Robert Boliver DePugh (April 15, 1923 – June 30, 2009)

militant
anti-Communist organization in 1961.

Life and career

DePugh was born in

survivalist circles. He became a member of the John Birch Society,[5] and according to a biography he was influenced by the House Un-American Activities Committee.[3]

DePugh published a 10-page pamphlet on guerrilla warfare via the Minutemen in 1961.[6] The Minutemen's newsletter was called On Target. He was a founder of the Patriotic Party in 1966.[7]

In 1966, DePugh was arrested on federal weapons charges, which were later dismissed.

survivalist manual, Can You Survive?, and was associated briefly with Liberty Lobby.[10]

In the 1980s, DePugh became involved in the

Identity Christianity movement.[citation needed] In the early 1990s he was tried but acquitted on a morals and pornography charge with an underage girl[11] and on three counts of federal firearms violations.[12] DePugh eventually grew disgusted with all politics and retired from activism.[7]

He died on June 30, 2009, at his home in Richmond, Missouri.[13]

Selected publications

  • Blueprint for Victory, Robert DePugh. 1966.
  • Can You Survive? Robert DePugh. Published by Desert Publications, El Dorado, AZ, 1973. 214 pages.
    ISBN 0-87947-442-4
  • Traitors Beware: A History Of Robert Depugh's Minutemen, by Eric Beckemeier. 2008.
    ISBN 0-615-17283-0
    .

References

  1. ^ Carrollton, Missouri Democrat, July 3, 2009
  2. ISBN 978-0-87436-859-8
  3. ^ a b "Robert DePugh and The Minutemen" Archived March 22, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Survival Food Tabs Archived January 25, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ISBN 978-0-8283-2016-0
  6. ^ Barth, Alan (November 26, 1961). Report on the 'Rampageous Right'; Today's tensions have led to a proliferation of 'conservative extremists.' The New York Times
  7. ^
    ISBN 978-0-415-93639-2
  8. ^ Associated Press (September 14, 1966). Arms Charge Is Dismissed Against Head of Minutemen. The New York Times
  9. ^ Staff report (September 1, 1967). Dynamite Wrecks Office Of Leader of Minutemen and DePugh. The New York Times
  10. ^ "Robert DePugh and The Minutemen" at the Nizkor Project
  11. ^ Greaney, TJ (August 6, 2009). Minuteman outlasted notoriety, died with regrets'. Columbia Daily Tribune
  12. Kansas City Star
  13. ^ Staff report (June 2009). Area obituaries: "Bob" DePugh. Excelsior Springs Standard Archived July 10, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

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