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'''David Harold "Dry Hole" Byrd''' is a Texas oilman who was a friend of [[Lyndon B. Johnson]]. He owned the [[ Texas School Book Depository]] building in [[Dallas]]. He made a profit of around $50M after the [[assassination of JFK]] allowed LBJ to become [[US President]].
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==Background==
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He went to [[Trinity University]] and from 1919 to 1921 he studied geology at the [[University of Texas]].<ref name=fag>http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=20434</ref>
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==Career==
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In 1931 he founded [[Byrd-Frost]] with [[Jack Frost]]. In September 1941 he formed the [[Civil Air Patrol]] with [[Gill Robb Wilson]].<ref name=fag/>
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==JFK Assassination==
 
==JFK Assassination==
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In the 1930s he purchased the Texas School Book Depository in Dallas, from where [[Lee Harvey Oswald]] supposedly shot [[John F. Kennedy]] in 1963.
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At a public auction on July 4, [[1939]] Byrd purchased the [[Texas School Book Depository]] buiding in Dallas, from where [[Lee Harvey Oswald]] supposedly shot [[John F. Kennedy]] in 1963.<ref name="handbook">http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/jdt01</ref><ref name=Organ>Jerry Organ (2000). [http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/organ4.htm "Murder Perch to Museum"]. [[Marquette University]].</ref> Byrd had the alleged window removed and mounted on the wall of his home.<ref name=fag/>
 
 
[[Peter Dale Scott]] estimates that D.H. Byrd (friend of [[Lyndon B. Johnson]]) teamed up with [[James Ling]] to make about $50M by buying 132,000 shares of Ling-Temco-Vought (LTV) in November 1963 just before the JFK assassination. These shot up in value after the once LBJ came to power; whereas JFK had announced a troop withdrawal of the Vietnam war, the first contract the Pentagon awarded was for a fighter jet to LTV.<ref>http://unwelcomeguests.net/687</ref>
 
  
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===Fast profit===
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[[Peter Dale Scott]] estimates that D. H. Byrd, teamed up with [[James Ling]], made about $50M by buying 132,000 shares of [[Ling-Temco-Vought]] (LTV) in November 1963 just before the JFK assassination. These shot up in value after the once LBJ came to power; whereas JFK had announced a troop withdrawal of the [[Vietnam war]], the first contract the Pentagon awarded was for a fighter jet to LTV.<ref>http://unwelcomeguests.net/687</ref>
 
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Latest revision as of 23:54, 1 August 2021

Person.png David Harold Byrd   SpartacusRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(millionaire, businessman)
David Harold Byrd.jpg
Born24 April 1900
Detroit, Texas, USA
Died14 September 1986 (Age 86)
Alma materTrinity University, University of Texas
Founder ofCivil Air Patrol
Member ofJFK/Assassination/Perpetrators
Texas oilman with connection to LBJ, who made millions of dollars from the JFK assassination.

David Harold "Dry Hole" Byrd is a Texas oilman who was a friend of Lyndon B. Johnson. He owned the Texas School Book Depository building in Dallas. He made a profit of around $50M after the assassination of JFK allowed LBJ to become US President.

Background

He went to Trinity University and from 1919 to 1921 he studied geology at the University of Texas.[1]

Career

In 1931 he founded Byrd-Frost with Jack Frost. In September 1941 he formed the Civil Air Patrol with Gill Robb Wilson.[1]

JFK Assassination

Full article: JFK/Assassination

At a public auction on July 4, 1939 Byrd purchased the Texas School Book Depository buiding in Dallas, from where Lee Harvey Oswald supposedly shot John F. Kennedy in 1963.[2][3] Byrd had the alleged window removed and mounted on the wall of his home.[1]

Fast profit

Peter Dale Scott estimates that D. H. Byrd, teamed up with James Ling, made about $50M by buying 132,000 shares of Ling-Temco-Vought (LTV) in November 1963 just before the JFK assassination. These shot up in value after the once LBJ came to power; whereas JFK had announced a troop withdrawal of the Vietnam war, the first contract the Pentagon awarded was for a fighter jet to LTV.[4]

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