Monday September 14th, 1970
7am: Colonel Bull Simons’ staff meeting inside the TOC (Tactical Ops Center).
Noon: Brig General Manor arrives and briefs the Green Berets on the Cover Story and on the use of the code word IVORY COAST.
2pm: Colonel Bull Simons departs for Washington DC.
3:15pm: At the close of this day of meetings, all participants are briefed by OSI that the information shared in the TOC theater today is classified SECRET Sensitive.
8:30pm: Sgt Major Davis (handpicked as the courier from Washington DC) arrives at the TOC with the OPLAN. It is labeled “IVORY COAST TOP SECRET Sensitive.”
This week, the walk-throughs were in the daylight. No helicopters needed. The Green Berets were driven the 4 miles in deuce-and-a-halfs.
Sgt 1st Class Donald Wingrove (Blueboy)
(USAF photos provided by John Gargus.)
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