https://www.soc.mil/4thPOG/4thPOGhome.html

V.P. Richard Nixon spoke in 1952″Mr Rockefeller, we have irregular warfare being established at Fort Bragg where we will operate much of MKLUTRA and Project ICEBERG out of, much as we had been planning since 1946. President Eisonhower has opened many doors for us and knows how to get things done.

In 1963 Alan Dulles, John Foster Dulles, and Charles Cabell met with PsyOps overthrow teams and planned the route for John F. Kennedy.

According to State Departement securit planning we had to survey all the areas Earle Cabell mayor of Dallas (and my brother) provided so we could study roadwasy and cityscapes of buildings and views.

“Earl Cabelle gave us this route possibility November 18 1963 and we have been asked to aprove it, I say that we do. “

William Francis Burns (father of William J Burns CIA Director) was an American Army major general who later served as the Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency from 1988 to 1989 under President Ronald Reagan. He graduated from La Salle University in 1954 and joined the Army from ROTC in that same year. Wikipedia

Born: June 23, 1932, Scranton, PA

Died: June 5, 2021, Carlisle, PA

His son William J. Bruns was born Fort Bragg

Years of service: 1954–1988

William Joseph Burns is an American diplomat serving as the director of the Central Intelligence Agency in the Biden administration since March 19, 2021. Wikipedia

Born: April 4, 1956 (age 66 years), Fort Bragg, NC

Spouse: Lisa Carty

Office: Director of the Central Intelligence Agency since 2021

Abstract

General Burns (1932-2021) was enrolled in La Salle University’s Army ROTC program. Burns was the first distinguished ROTC graduate in school history. He commissioned as a Field Artillery officer in 1954. From there, General Burns began his military career, which include, posts at: Fort Bragg, Fort Sill, United States Army War College, Princeton University and Germany. He retired in 1988 as a Major General in the United States Army. President Reagan nominated Gen Burns as the Director for Arms Control Agency in 1988. During this time he spent countless hours negotiating arms control with the Soviets for example, in Geneva. In his later years he served on advisory committees such as being a member of La Salle’s Board of Trustees. At the time of the interview, he resided in Carlisle, PA, where he had lived for twenty years.

Comments

The transcript has errors and should be compared to the audio recording of the interview.

Recommended Citation

Burns, William F. and Carlson, Brian, “Interview of William F. Burns, Major General USA” (2011). All Oral Histories. 26.
https://digitalcommons.lasalle.edu/histdeptohall/26

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Branch/service: United States Army

Education: Princeton University, La Salle University

https://www.psywarrior.com/3rdPsychologicalOperationsBn.html

World War II

By 1940, during World War II, the population of Fort Bragg North Carolina had reached 5,400; however, in the following year, that number ballooned to 67,000. Various units trained at Fort Bragg during World War II, including the 9th Infantry Division, 2nd Armored Division, 82nd Airborne Division, 100th Infantry Division, and various field artillery groups. The population reached a peak of 159,000 during the war years.^[15]

Cold War

Following World War II, the 82nd Airborne Division was permanently stationed at Fort Bragg, the only large unit there for some time. In July 1951, the XVIII Airborne Corps was reactivated at Fort Bragg. Fort Bragg became a center for unconventional warfare, with the creation of the Psychological Warfare Center in April 1952, followed by the 10th Special Forces Group.^[16]

In 1961, the 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) was activated at Fort Bragg, with the mission of training counter-insurgency forces in Southeast Asia. Also in 1961, the “Iron Mike” statue, a tribute to all Airborne soldiers, past, present, and future was dedicated. In early 1962 the 326 Army Security Agency Company, de-activated after the Korean War, was reactivated at Ft. Bragg under XVIIIth Corps. In August of that year, an operational contingent of that Company was relocated to Homestead AFB Florida, due to the Cuban Missile Crisis. Circa 1963, that contingent was reassigned to the newly created USASA 6th Field Station.

January 1 – Navy SEALS Established

January 1, 1962

The United States Navy Sea Air and Land teams (Navy SEALs) are the Navy’s primary special operations force as a component of the Naval Special Warfare Command. Among the SEALs’ main functions are conducting small-unit maritime military operations that originate from, and return to, an ocean, river, delta, swamp, or coastline and the SEALs are trained to operate in all environments for which they are named (sea, air, and land).

Modern day Navy SEALs can trace their roots back to World War II. The Navy recognized the need for covert reconnaissance of coastal defenses and landing beaches. The Amphibious Scout and Raider School was established in 1942 in Fort Pierce, Florida as a result of this recognition. The Scouts and Raiders were formed in September of that year from the joint Army-Marine-Navy unit the Observer group just nine months after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

At the start of the Vietnam War, President John F. Kennedy recognized the need for unconventional warfare and special operations as a measure to combat guerilla warfare. On May 25, 1961, Kennedy spoke of his deep respect for the United States Army Special Forces in a speech to Congress. In this speech, where he also announced the government’s plan to put a man on the moon, he announced his intention to spend over $100 million to strengthen U.S. special operations forces and expand American capabilities in unconventional warfare. Some people credit Kennedy with creating the Navy SEALs when, in fact, his announcement was simply a formal acknowledgement of a process that had been underway since the Korean War.

The Navy then needed to determine its role within the special operations arena. In March 1961, Admiral Arleigh Burke, Chief of Naval Operations, recommended the establishment of guerilla and counter-guerilla units. These units would be able to operate from sea, air, or land, thus creating the Navy SEALs.

Found while Googling Fort Bragg. Repeats an en memorium while also noting the JFK connection to allowing rebirth of irregular warfare, but perhaps later betrayed by it.

Brian Joseph Perri was born 30 December 1979, in Carbondale, Pennsylvania, the son of Donald and Nancy Perri. He died suddenly from an accidental fall on 30 June 2018, while hiking on Mt. Meeker in Rocky Mountain National Park. He was just 38 y old.

In 1998, after graduating from Carbondale Area High School, Brian joined the US Army. He was stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and served in the 8th Psychological Operations Battalion (Airborne) as a psychological operations specialist. He was a graduate of the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center Psychological Operations course; Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) School; and Arabic linguist training, as well as Airborne School at Fort Benning, Georgia. He was known among his fellow soldiers for his unwavering determination, survival skills, and quirky sense of humor. A well-known story about Brian, an avid marksman and firearms aficionado, involved a time when he returned to the barracks from a gun show, excitedly showing friends cases of ammunition that he had purchased, and poured out thousands of bullets onto his bed and rolled around in them, cackling with glee, like Scrooge McDuck in his money bin. While in the Army, Brian was deployed to the Middle East supporting Operation Southern Watch, Operation Enduring Freedom, and Operation Iraqi Freedom. Brian was honorably discharged in 2003, at the rank of sergeant. Brian then attended Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, earning his bachelor’s degree in health physics. He started his career in health physics as a radiological engineer with Exelon Generation at Limerick Station in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. Brian left Exelon Generation in 2016 to earn a master’s degree in radiological health sciences at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado. For his master’s thesis research, Brian used Monte Carlo N-Particle (MCNP) modeling to determine lens dose conversion factors for mice living in the Fukushima exclusion zone in various exposure scenarios. While attending Colorado State University, Brian earned certification by the American Board of Health Physics, thereby becoming a certified health physicist.

Brian had many hobbies and was particularly proud to have recently learned to skateboard while attending Colorado State University. He was also able to solve the Rubik’s Cube in less than 2 min, completing the last 10 moves over his head with his eyes closed. Brian loved to collect art and to read books about philosophy; his favorite philosopher was Carl Jung. Brian often liked to share his thoughts on philosophy, music theory, and other topics, which sparked interesting debate and discussion with friends. He was also very interested in the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) test and loved to analyze people, often correctly predicting an individual’s personality type shortly after meeting them. Brian was a passionate hiker and strove to live a full Colorado lifestyle, having hiked six 14ers in addition to having gone on numerous other hikes throughout Rocky Mountain National Park and the nearby foothills.

Brian was truly a unique individual, and he will be forever missed by many friends and family members.

“There he goes. One of God’s own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die.”  —Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

*Reprinted with permission from Health Physics (Copyright © 2019 Health Physics Society 0017-9078/19/0 DOI: 10.1097/HP.0000000000001065)