June 21, 1914 – July 14, 1998
- Learned marksmanship from his uncle Gus Peret
- 1940 graduated from the University of Oregon with a Business Degree
- 1940 join US Army
- developed armed and unarmed close quarter combat courses for the US Army
- 1941 recruited by Wild Bill Donovan for the OSS
- close-combat coordinator for all clandestine missions in WWII
- personal bodyguard to President Franklin D Roosevelt
- 1943 he wrote Kill or Get Killed
- 1980s designed the Applegate-Fairbairn fighting knife
- 1994 inducted into the Blade Magazine Cutlery Hall of Fame
