The Opperman Report' Jeff Carter - Fletcher Prouty's Cold War
May 24, 2025
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Jeff Carter - Fletcher Prouty's Cold War.
Jeff Carter pays tribute to an unjustly maligned figure who had a very important place in the universe of the John Kennedy assassination, especially in relation to JFK's intent to withdraw from Vietnam.Jeff Carter has made a film about the fascinating life and career of Fletcher Prouty. The first part of Fletcher Prouty’s Cold War deals largely with the man’s military background. And Carter goes into much more expansive detail than what I have sketched above. But beyond that the film handles all of this information with skill and agility. Carter did an admirable job in finding back up pictures and films to fill in the foreground and background of some very important points in Prouty’s career that happen to intersect with modern history. For instance, while at Okinawa, Prouty saw literally tons of equipment being landed and warehoused for a possible invasion of mainland Japan. But since Japan surrendered before any such invasion, these arms were transferred to Indochina since Ho Chi Minh had been resisting Japan in the August Revolution.
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Jeff Carter pays tribute to an unjustly maligned figure who had a very important place in the universe of the John Kennedy assassination, especially in relation to JFK's intent to withdraw from Vietnam.Jeff Carter has made a film about the fascinating life and career of Fletcher Prouty. The first part of Fletcher Prouty’s Cold War deals largely with the man’s military background. And Carter goes into much more expansive detail than what I have sketched above. But beyond that the film handles all of this information with skill and agility. Carter did an admirable job in finding back up pictures and films to fill in the foreground and background of some very important points in Prouty’s career that happen to intersect with modern history. For instance, while at Okinawa, Prouty saw literally tons of equipment being landed and warehoused for a possible invasion of mainland Japan. But since Japan surrendered before any such invasion, these arms were transferred to Indochina since Ho Chi Minh had been resisting Japan in the August Revolution.
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