Tom Poole was a Green Beret, a member of the Special Forces, in Vietnam in 1964. Later he became a Central Intelligence operative in Laos commanding mercenaries along the Ho Chi Minh Trail during the “Secret War” in 1970. The 62-year-old Punta Gorda, Fla. city councilman’s adventures in Southeast Asia […]
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