Billy Dawson Waugh
Birthday December 1, 1929
Birth Sign Sagittarius
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About
United States Army Special Forces soldier and Central Intelligence Agency paramilitary operations officer who was best known for serving more than 50 years between the US Army's Green Berets and the CIA's Special Activities Division.
Before Fame
In 1945, at age 15, he was inspired to enlist in the Marine Corps after meeting two local Marines who returned from the fighting in World War II. In 1947, he graduated from Bastrop High School. In 1987, he earned his bachelor's degrees in business and police science from Wayland Baptist University. In 1988, he earned a master's degree in interdisciplinary studies with a specialization in criminal justice administration from Texas State University.
Trivia
At the age of 71, he participated in Operation Enduring Freedom as a member of the CIA's Northern Alliance Liaison Team, which went into Afghanistan to work with the Northern Alliance to topple the Taliban regime and Al Qaeda at the Battle of Tora Bora.
Family Life
He was born in Bastrop, Texas.
Associated With
In the 1990s, where he performed surveillance and intelligence gathering on terrorist leaders Carlos the Jackal and Osama bin Laden.
