Thomas Anthony Dooley III
Thomas Anthony Dooley III was an American physician who worked in Southeast Asia at the outset of American involvement in the Vietnam War. While serving as a physician in the United States Navy and afterwards, he became known for his humanitarian and anti-communist political activities up until his early death from cancer. After his death, the public learned that he had been recruited as an intelligence operative by the Central Intelligence Agency, and numerous descriptions of atrocities by the Viet Minh in his book Deliver Us From Evil had been fabricated.
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- Born in
- St. Louis
- Educated at
- University of Notre DameSaint Louis UniversitySt. Louis University High School
- Awards
- 🏆 Congressional Gold Medal🏆 Legionnaire of Legion of Merit
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1927
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Birth1961
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