In this episode, we focus on the early life of John Paisley. Our favorite part is a heartwarming Christmas story that may have been one of the most significant moments in his life and helped forge his future.
You will hear how John overcame a childhood of poverty to where he’s about to access the secret world of the CIA.
Above is the birth announcement from the Tulsa World Newspaper: August 31st, 1923.
Where John “Jack” Paisley was born.
Now the above photo was not marked, but it was attached to an album page and all the photos on this page had to do with John during various times in his life. With that said, we are assuming that this photo is of John as a baby and possibly his grandfather, Arthur Preston Stone.
The following link is to Episode #34 where we mentioned the incredible entry from one woman’s 1923 diary about listening to a radio for the first time in her home.
https://www.sallysdiaries.com/podcast/episode/79f18d5a/34-chim-chiminey-chim-chim-cher-who
The above photo courtesy of the book, “Widows: Four American Spies, the Wives They Left Behind, and the KGB’s Crippling of American Intelligence.” Written by William R. Corson, Susan B. Trento, and Joseph John Trento.
John’s time in the Merchant Marines and after
Aerial View of Columbia University New York in the 1940’s
James Angleton
Aerial View of University of Chicago – 1950’s
AND SO IT BEGINS……
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