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In later years, Landry owned and operated (along with the "Dragon Lady") several "watering holes" in Thailand, including the Cowboy (Lone Star) Bar in Washington Square, Bangkok. |
In later years, Landry owned and operated (along with the "Dragon Lady") several "watering holes" in Thailand, including the Cowboy (Lone Star) Bar in Washington Square, Bangkok. |
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==See Also== |
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* [[Moe Berg|Morris "Moe" Berg]] |
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* [[William Francis Buckley]] |
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* [[William Colby]] |
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* [[Jerry Daniels]] |
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* [[John T. Downey|John Downey]] |
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* [[Grayston Lynch]] |
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* [[Michael Patrick Mulroy]] |
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* [[Anthony Poshepny]] (a.k.a. Tony Poe) |
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* [[Félix Rodríguez (soldier)|Felix Rodriguez]] |
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* [[Johnny Micheal Spann]] |
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* [[Michael G. Vickers]] |
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* [[Billy Waugh]], Sergeant Major, U.S. Army Retired |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Lloyd C. "Pat" Landry is known as a strict disciplinarian, rarely without his British-style swagger stick, and used to enjoy walking up behind someone and slapping it down on their desk.
1950s
Landry joined the
Special Activities Division
in the early 1950s following combat service in the US Army in World War II.
1961
Sent to Laos in 1961, Landry became Deputy Chief of Operations under Bill Lair.
1968
When the war in Laos escalated in 1968, command and control of SOG operations was split between the north-central theater centered on operations for control of the
Ho Chi Minh Trail
. The command center was relocated from Vientiane to Udorn Royal Thai Air Base in northern Thailand. Agency officials wanted Lair to remain in command at Udorn and for Landry to remain in Vientiane to command the southern operations group. Landry refused the promotion in order to remain Lair's deputy at Udorn. The move to Udorn made sense because that large base was capable of supporting an enormous Air Branch flight and maintenance program, as well as serving as the center of Agency theater photo-reconnaissance and photo-analysis efforts in support of SOG special operations in the Laos theater of operations. Udorn housed a large contingent of Air American platforms as well as US Air Force combat resources.
In later years, Landry owned and operated (along with the "Dragon Lady") several "watering holes" in Thailand, including the Cowboy (Lone Star) Bar in Washington Square, Bangkok.
See Also
- Morris "Moe" Berg
- William Francis Buckley
- William Colby
- Jerry Daniels
- John Downey
- Grayston Lynch
- Michael Patrick Mulroy
- Anthony Poshepny (a.k.a. Tony Poe)
- Felix Rodriguez
- Johnny Micheal Spann
- Michael G. Vickers
- Billy Waugh, Sergeant Major, U.S. Army Retired
References
Sources
- Conboy, Kenneth J., and James Morrison. Feet to the Fire: CIA Covert Operations in Indonesia, 1957-1958. Naval Institute Press, 1999. ISBN 1557501939, 9781557501936.