词条 | Leonard H. Perroots |
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|image=Ltg perroots.jpg |caption=Lieutenant General Leonard H. Perroots |birth_name= Leonard Harry Perroots |birth_date={{birth date|1933|4|24}} |death_date={{death date and age|2017|1|29|1933|4|24}} |birth_place= Morgantown, West Virginia, U.S. |death_place=Lake Ridge, Virginia, U.S. |placeofburial= |nickname= Lenny |allegiance= United States of America |branch= United States Air Force |serviceyears=1955–1989 |rank=Lieutenant General |unit= |commands=Director, Defense Intelligence Agency |battles= |awards= |relations= |laterwork= }}Leonard Harry Perroots, Sr., USAF (April 24, 1933 – January 29, 2017) was Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency from October 1985 to December 1988.[1][2] He retired January 1, 1989. In 1989, he was hired by Donald Mayes to become president of Vector Microwave Research Corporation, an enterprise performing tasks and dealings for the CIA and the U.S. military.[3] He is credited with helping to avert nuclear war during the Able Archer 83 war scare.[4] Perrooots died on January 29, 2017 at the age of 83 following a short illness.[5][6] Awards
References1. ^{{cite book|title=Oversight Hearings: Department of Defense, POW/MIA Family Issues, and Private Sector Issues : Hearings Before the Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Second Congress, Second Session, December 1-4, 1992|author=United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs|date=1994|issue=v. 4|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|isbn=9780160433931|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6hLJkvDddZoC}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.af.mil/information/bios/bio.asp?bioID=6733 |title=Biographies : LIEUTENANT GENERAL LEONARD H. PERROOTS |publisher=archive.is |accessdate=21 September 2014 |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://archive.is/20120722185724/http://www.af.mil/information/bios/bio.asp?bioID=6733 |archivedate=22 July 2012 |df= }} 3. ^{{cite news|last=Mintz|first=John|title=U.S. Probes Company's Covert Operations|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/campfin/stories/vector123098.htm|accessdate=6 December 2010|newspaper=Washington Post|date=December 30, 1998}} 4. ^{{cite web|title=The 1983 War Scare Declassified and For Real|url=http://nsarchive.gwu.edu/nukevault/ebb533-The-Able-Archer-War-Scare-Declassified-PFIAB-Report-Released/|website=National Security Archive|accessdate=6 December 2015}} 5. ^https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/10/us/leonard-perroots-dead.html 6. ^{{cite web|title=DIA announces death of former director, Lieutenant General Leonard H. Perroots, USAF (Retired)|url=http://www.dia.mil/News/Articles/Article/1064631/dia-announces-death-of-former-director-lieutenant-general-leonard-h-perroots-us/|website=Defense Intelligence Agency|accessdate=30 January 2017}} 7. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://valor.militarytimes.com/recipient.php?recipientid=391848|title=Valor awards for Leonard H. Perroots|publisher=}} External links
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