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DATE=7/17/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-235658
TITLE=MILITARY EXPERT DIES (L-ONLY)
BYLINE=GREG FLAKUS
DATELINE=LOS ANGELES
CONTENT=
VOICED AT: 
INTRO:    FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS ARE BEING PLANNED IN ROSEBURG, 
OREGON FOR COLONEL REX APPLEGATE, A COMBAT AND COUNTER-TERRORISM 
EXPERT WHOSE CAREER INCLUDED DUTIES AS A PRESIDENTIAL GUARD AND 
COMMANDO LEADER IN NAZI-OCCUPIED EUROPE.  VOA'S GREG FLAKUS HAS 
MORE ON THE STORY FROM OUR WEST COAST BUREAU.
TEXT:   HE WAS THE AUTHOR OF "KILL OR GET KILLED," A 1943 
TRAINING MANUAL THAT WAS REPRINTED FOR USE BY THE U-S MARINES IN 
1991.  BUT COLONEL REX APPLEGATE WAS ALSO THE AUTHOR OF "CROWD 
AND RIOT CONTROL," A GUIDE TO NON-LETHAL POLICE TACTICS USED BY 
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ALL OVER THE WORLD.
HIS DAUGHTER, SHANNON APPLEGATE, SPEAKING BY PHONE FROM YONCALLA,
OREGON, DESCRIBES COLONEL APPLEGATE AS A MAN WHO ADVOCATED A 
HUMANE APPROACH TO CIVIL DISTURBANCES.
                    /// APPLEGATE ACT ONE ///
         I THINK THAT DAD HAD A VERY STRONG INTEREST IN LAW 
         ENFORCEMENT AND IN THE ABILITY OF POLICE TO WORK WITH 
         CROWDS AND HE WAS A PROPONENT OF NON-LETHAL WEAPONS.  HE
         DID HAVE A BELIEF THAT PEOPLE HAD A RIGHT TO SPEAK FOR 
         THEMSELVES BUT HE DID NOT BELIEVE THAT THEY HAD A RIGHT 
         TO UPSET THE SOCIETY AS HE SAW IT  AND SOCIETY'S VALUES.
                         /// END ACT ///
SHANNON APPLEGATE SAYS HER FATHER WORKED TIRELESSLY WITH POLICE 
OFFICERS AND MILITARY TRAINERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD, KEEPING IN 
TOUCH BY PHONE AND FAX.
                      ///OPT  ACT TWO  ///
         HE GOT MANY CALLS FROM PLACES LIKE INDIA AND SOUTH ASIA 
         AND PARTS OF EUROPE.  IT WAS RATHER TYPICAL ON THE 
         AVERAGE DAY IN HIS LIFE, EVEN AS RECENTLY AS LAST MONTH,
         FOR HIM TO BE GETTING FAXES AND LONG DISTANCE CALLS FROM
         A VARIETY OF INDIVIDUALS FROM ALL NATIONALITIES IN MANY 
         PARTS OF THE WORLD.
                    /// END ACT  END OPT ///
COLONEL APPLEGATE STARTED HIS MILITARY CAREER JUST BEFORE WORLD 
WAR TWO IN AN  ARMY POLICE UNIT.  ON ONE OCCASION, HE HELPED 
GUARD THEN-PRESIDENT FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT.  DURING WORLD WAR TWO, 
HE BECAME ONE OF THE FIRST MEMBERS OF THE OFFICE OF STRATEGIC 
SERVICES, OR O-S-S, WHICH LATER EVLOVED INTO THE CENTRAL 
INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, OR C-I-A.  IN THIS CAPACITY,  MR APPLEGATE 
LED COMMANDO UNITS BEHIND ENEMY LINES.
//OPT//  AFTER THE WAR, HE MOVED TO MEXICO CITY, WHERE HE HELPED 
MEXICAN AUTHORITIES DEVELOP BETTER POLICE TACTICS FOR SOCIAL 
DISTURBANCES.  LATER, HE MOVED TO OREGON AND WORKED AS A 
CONSULTANT TO THE U-S MILITARY AND POLICE ORGANIZATIONS.  //END 
OPT//
HE WAS ABOUT TO ADDRESS A SEMINAR IN SAN DIEGO EARLIER THIS WEEK 
WHEN HE BECAME ILL.  HE DIED IN A SAN DIEGO HOSPITAL ON TUESDAY 
AT THE AGE OF 84. (SIGNED)
NEB/PT
17-Jul-98 8:47 PM EDT (0047 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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