Frank Anthony Sturgis, born Frank Angelo Fiorini, was one of the five Watergate burglars whose capture led to the end of the presidency of Richard Nixon.
Frank Sturgis
Sturgis, with a 26 of July Movement armband, stands on a mass grave of 71 Batista supporters at San Juan Hill on Jan. 11, 1959.
Frank Sturgis and Bernard Barker, 1960 (top) and 1972
Sturgis leaves the Miami federal courthouse building in handcuffs after being convicted in 1973 of taking cars stolen in Texas to Mexico.
The Watergate scandal was a significant political controversy in the United States during the presidency of Richard Nixon from 1972 to 1974, ultimately resulting in Nixon's resignation. It originated from attempts by the Nixon administration to conceal its involvement in the June 17, 1972, break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters located in the Watergate Office Building in Washington, D.C.
During the break-in, E. Howard Hunt and G. Gordon Liddy remained in contact with each other and with the burglars by radio; these Chapstick tubes outfitted with tiny microphones were later discovered in Hunt's White House office safe.
A transistor radio used in the Watergate break-in
A walkie-talkie used in Watergate break-in
The DNC filing cabinet in the Watergate office building damaged by the burglars
