Rex Applegate
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Rex Applegate was an American military officer who worked for the Office of Strategic Services, where he trained Allied special forces personnel in close-quarters combat during World War II. He held t
Lt. Col. Rex Applegate demonstrating his knife fighting technique.
Applegate–Fairbairn fighting knife
William E. Fairbairn
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Lieutenant Colonel William Ewart Fairbairn was a British soldier and police officer. He developed hand-to-hand combat methods for the Shanghai Police during the interwar period, as well as for the All
Rex Applegate
…for Spies and Assassins", the location of which is now Camp David. Donovan had Applegate learn all that he could about armed and unarmed fighting from William E. Fairbairn to form a brutal and effective system. He was the close-combat coordinator for all clandestine missions and this role brought him into contact with…
Fairbairn in 1942
OSS Schools and Training Headquarters Staff, 1945 XMAS Card LTC Fairbairn second from the left in third row.