Yoncalla, Oregon elects 18 year old as Mayor

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High school valedictorian

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currently in community college

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Well Houston elected a 27 year old judge without a law degree

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In 1941 Applegate was developing armed and unarmed close quarter combat courses for the US Army when he was recruited by Wild Bill Donovan for the OSS, specifically to build and run what was called "The School for Spies and Assassins", the location of which is now Camp David.[2] Donovan had Applegate learn all that he could about armed and unarmed fighting from William E. Fairbairn to form a brutal and effective system. He was the close-combat coordinator for all clandestine missions and this role brought him into contact with other fighters and martial artists of the time period such as a Finnish soldier who killed 21 Russians with a knife and the founder of the British SAS: David Stirling.[3] At one point during the war, he served as the personal bodyguard to President Franklin D Roosevelt.[1][2]

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Books by Applegate

Kill Or Get Killed: A Manual of Hand-to-Hand Fighting (1943)
Kill or get killed: riot control techniques, manhandling, and close combat(1976)
Scouting and patrolling: ground reconnaissance principles and training(1980)
Riot control: material and techniques(1969)
Combat Use of the Double-Edged Fighting Knife(1993)
The Close-Combat Files of Col. Rex Applegate(1998)[8]
Bullseyes don't shoot back: the complete textbook of point shooting(1998) (with Michael Janich)

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Well Houston elected a 27 year old judge without a law degree

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