List of USAID personnel who died while serving abroad

[orangecrush]

Over 100 personnel and contractors of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) are listed as having died while serving abroad, with the majority of incidents occurring during the Vietnam War - where over 50 USAID personnel died in Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. Causes of death include assassinations, bombings, ambushes, accidents, and suicides.

The roles of those killed vary widely — public safety advisors working under the Office of Public Safety (OPS), agricultural experts, and health officers among them. The OPS has been quantitatively classified as the most dangerous occupation within USAID: the task of a "Public Safety Advisor" was to train police forces around the world, because at the time, security was considered part of the trivariate of D's: "Diplomacy, Development, and Defense."[3][4] The majority of these public safety officers were former high-ranking police officers in the United States. The Office of Public Safety was shuttered in 1973 after much controversy.

Several USAID personnel died in POW and concentration camps, such as Gustav Crane Hertz,[5] and Thomas W. Ragsdale.[6] Joseph W. Grainger was kept in a cave for five months, managed to escape, was captured a week later and was summarily executed.[7

Two pilots for Air America, John L. Oyer and Justin B. Mahoney, are listed as having been contracted by USAID while transporting a passenger whose name is still redacted by the CIA.[8][9] However, Jack J. Wells, a public safety advisor, was also noted as having been on board the aircraft being piloted by Oyer and Mahoney when it was shot down.[10][11] Air America was often used to transport building materials, food, medical aid and equipment, and many other supplies needed for development operations in Southeast Asia. Many pilots and aircraft owned by Air America were permanently assigned to USAID.[12] Air America was also used for refugee resettlements, especially the evacuation of Hmong people from dangerous areas.[12]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_USAID_personnel_who_died_while_serving_abroad


So Krasnov and Musk took a giant shit on the sacrifice these people made for this country.

[hlthe2b]

1. Many were assassinated/executed as though they were somehow "enemies" of the host country...

All other horrific manner of deaths as well, but it just horrifies me that so many Americans are so ignorant to what USAID has done for the US and the World--and the sacrifices that certainly rival that of our military.