David Harold Byrd
 David Harold Byrd     (millionaire, businessman) | |
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| Born | 24 April 1900 Detroit, Texas, USA |
| Died | 14 September 1986 (Age 86) |
| Alma mater | Trinity University, University of Texas |
| Founder of | Civil Air Patrol |
| Member of | JFK/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
- 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]
