Colonel Rex Applegate

Colonel Rex Applegate was with the OSS-Office of Strategic Services, the predecessor to the CIA. Applegate was the personal bodyguard to President Franklin D. Roosevelt. His book, "Kill or Be Killed" was adapted, in part, by the U.S. Marine Corp. He was an expert in riot control and trained numerous police departments in his methods. Colonel Applegate collaborated with Britain's William Fairbairn to develop the Applegate-Fairbairn fighting knife available from Gerber Knives.