Edgar Buell person
also: Edgar Bruel, Edgar B-U-E-L-L, Bruel, Buell
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Claims (3)
Edgar Buell funded
Hmong people documented
“Buell started airdrops of rice into the mountains and using blind drops at first because the whereabouts of them were unknown. Buell left his embassy desk job to parachute into the mountains himself, walking through the forest and personall…”
▶ The Colonel’s corner President’s secret wars Chap 14 @ 47:41
Edgar Buell member_of
USAID host_asserted
“such as a Hilo U-10 in U.S. service that could be used at these sites. A third American, Edgar Bruel, B-U-E-L-L, who worked where? Oh, U-S-A-I-D, became a legend in Laos. Bruel initiated airdrops of rice into the mountains, indiscriminate b…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 30 (31) @ 44:50
Edgar Buell recruited
Vang Pao host_asserted
“Because they had no idea where the people were, Bruel left his embassy desk to parachute into the mountains. You know, because that's what USAID does. He spent two months walking around in the forest, personally meeting all of the Hmong vil…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 30 (31) @ 45:21
Mentions (6)
▶ 47:15
to feed themselves. Total disaster was averted in large part because of the work of two Americans who organized the system that would reconstitute the army clandestine for the next 11 years. One of these men, Edgar Buell, B-U-E-L-L, was wor…
▶ 47:41
Buell started airdrops of rice into the mountains and using blind drops at first because the whereabouts of them were unknown. Buell left his embassy desk job to parachute into the mountains himself, walking through the forest and personall…
▶ 44:50
such as a Hilo U-10 in U.S. service that could be used at these sites. A third American, Edgar Bruel, B-U-E-L-L, who worked where? Oh, U-S-A-I-D, became a legend in Laos. Bruel initiated airdrops of rice into the mountains, indiscriminate b…
▶ 45:21
Because they had no idea where the people were, Bruel left his embassy desk to parachute into the mountains. You know, because that's what USAID does. He spent two months walking around in the forest, personally meeting all of the Hmong vil…
▶ 57:43
Um, so yeah, it's, it's crazy. Um, who else do we have? Bridget, did you have anything? Nope. Um, I did want to, um, I had looked up this Bruel guy, um, Edgar B-U-E-L-L. Um, very interesting guy.…
▶ 58:20
with the USAID slash CIA. He was originally from Indiana. It's weird how many of these people start out in Indiana in this story. He first volunteered, the predecessor, so before USAID officially got that name, it was called AID. We ran acr…