Graves Erskine

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Person.png Graves Erskine  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(soldier, deep state functionary)
Born28 June 1897
Columbia, Louisiana
Died21 May 1973 (Age 75)
Bethesda, Maryland
US soldier picked in 1953 to head up the Office of Special Operations for the US Deep State.

Employment.png Office of Special Operations/Director

In office
June 1953 - 31 October 1961

General Graves Blanchard Erskine was a United States Marine Corps officer and deep state functionary. He was the first head of the Office of Special Operations for the US Deep State[1], from 1953-1961.

Background

Upon graduation, Erskine reported for active duty in the US Marine Corps as a second lieutenant on July 5, 1917.

Activities

WW1

In January 1918, _Erskine went to France as a platoon leader in the 6th Marine Regiment. He was seriously wounded in the St. Mihiel Offensive, and was evacuated to the US in October 1918, spending a year in the hospital and undergoing nine operations.

1920s

In March 1928,_Erskine was assigned two years' duty in Nicaragua. During this period, he organized the Presidential Guard, served as aide and was a personal bodyguard to President José María Moncada Tapia.

WW2

In September 1942, Erskine joined the Amphibious Corps, US Pacific Fleet, in San Diego, California, as chief of staff. He led the 3rd Marine Division during the Battle of Iwo Jima.

Post-WW2

In October 1945, Erksine was ordered to Washington and as a result of a special Congressional Act was appointed Administrator of the Retraining and Reemployment Administration (RRA).

Office of Special Operations

The CIA by the early 1950s was involved in illegal operations on such a large scale that in 1953 the US military created the Office of Special Operations which provided planes and other hardware to support them. In June 1953 Graves Erskine was authorized to retire from active service by a Special Act of the US Congress, and raised to a four-star rank, to work as the director of this group. In this position he was under the nominal control of the US Secretary of Defense, working within the United States Department of Defense.[1]

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