The Real Jack Ryan

War hero. CIA Operator. A mystery in life and in death. "The Murder of the Real Jack Ryan" available at

[The Real Jack Ryan @JackRyan1965]

Before fictional CIA operator Jack Ryan, there was The Real Jack Ryan, who worked for an agency created by JFK to keep the U.S. out of full-blown war in Vietnam. He was murdered in Saigon in 1965, just as LBJ approved a Pentagon request for more troops.
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[The Real Jack Ryan @JackRyan1965]

@TheRickWilson They used to call it a basket of crabs in Saigon.

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@TheRedHeadNotes Jennie, just catching up and saw this. So sorry to read. The best to you and your beautiful family.

[The Real Jack Ryan @JackRyan1965]

Bob Hope could make a joke out of anything. His Saigon hotel was bombed in 1964 before he arrived. “A funny thing happened to me when I was driving through downtown Saigon to my hotel last night,” he said at his next appearance. “We met a hotel going the other way.”

[The Real Jack Ryan @JackRyan1965]

@SpyTalker This reminds me of the International Investigators Inc. of Indianapolis, Indiana, aka "5 Eyes" ( I's) the notorious wiretappers of the '60s and '70s.

[The Real Jack Ryan @JackRyan1965]

The Real Jack Ryan worked for USAID in its early days. Think it was safe work? Hardly. Learn about the agency and its work during the Vietnam War. #booklovers #writerslift https://t.co/WmvI6V0kkO

[James B Wells @JamesWellsB2]

His Name is Not on the Wall https://t.co/uM2bBYlLcF via @JamesWellsB2

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The Real Jack Ryan escaped from occupied France using the the Resistance’s Bordeaux-Loupiac network. His B-17 was shot down south of Paris in 1943.

[Dr Helen Fry | WWII Historian @DrHelenFry]

MI9 set up escape lines across Europe, including the famous Comet Line, which helped 35,000 Allied soldiers escape to safety during World War Two.

These networks involved local resistance fighters, mountain guides & everyday civilians who volunteered at great personal risk.

[Dr Helen Fry | WWII Historian @DrHelenFry]

The Comet Line, founded by Andrée de Jongh (pictured), guided Allied airmen from Nazi-occupied Belgium through France, over the Pyrenees to Spain, and back to Britain.

Peggy van Lier was working deeply and dangerously in the fight for freedom, after key members were captured.

[The Real Jack Ryan @JackRyan1965]

@authordlewis @Dwight984365991 Another good one: American Jack Ryan, born in France, bombed France in a B-17, shot down over France, parachuted not far from his grandparents' home, escaped from France with help from the Bordeaux-Loupiac network.

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[The Real Jack Ryan @JackRyan1965]

@MarkKawar The sliced cucumber ...

[Dr Helen Fry | WWII Historian @DrHelenFry]

The fascination with spies on Twitter sparks intriguing discussions. Are they the superheroes we aspire to be or a reflection of our own human complexities?

Spies seem to captivate our imagination, offering a curious glimpse into the world of mystery and secrecy.

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@HerbertHistory

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@totally_t_bomb Great song!

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@MattFosterTV @mjdemarinis A dill!

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@maginotwaltz https://t.co/nuDsc4peQC

[The Real Jack Ryan @JackRyan1965]

@RockNRoLL_85 No wrong answer.

[The Real Jack Ryan @JackRyan1965]

@Super70sSports I like game show host Gene Rayburn in the front row with Cronkite, Hitchcock and Mary Tyler Moore, completing the network's Mount Rushmore.

[The Real Jack Ryan @JackRyan1965]

This is well worth a read. https://t.co/SWut8froBR

[The Real Jack Ryan @JackRyan1965]

The Real Jack Ryan worked closely with the Resistance's Paulette Depesme, a young school teacher who left the classroom to fight the Nazis.
Read about The Real Jack Ryan, a CIA operator gunned down in Saigon in 1965, and the mystery of his death.
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[alex kershaw @kershaw_alex]

RIP, Simone Segouin, 97, died yesterday, proud member of the French resistance, famously photographed by Robert Capa and others in August 1944, aged 18, as she liberated Paris.

Never to be forgotten.

@WWIIMemorial

[The Real Jack Ryan @JackRyan1965]

@AjBaalman Amazon is it.