Thomas A Dooley III - Calvary Cemetery - St. Louis MO - Grave of a Famous Person on Waymarking.com

Dr Thomas Dooley was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his humanitarian activities in South East Asia Posthumously in 1962 by President Kennedy. He was also nominated for Sainthood by the Catholic Church.

Description: Life and work from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Anthony_Dooley_III Background: Dr. Thomas A. Dooley III was "the famous jungle doctor of Laos," a Navy doctor who operated medical clinics near the Chinese border in the 1950s. (3) In 1958, he founded MEDICO and established17 medical programs in 14 countries with a statement of purpose which included the words: "We are in no way a religious or political organization."(9) As he gave medical care to Laotian refugees within five miles of the Chinese border, he also collected intelligence, gave reports on people's movements to the CIA, as well as provided cover for Special Forces medics who were posing as civilian doctors. (3) The private nonprofit organization World Medical Relief (WMR) became a steady supplier of Dooley's clinics during this time. (3) According to the Pentagon Papers, Dooley's activities were part of a CIA effort designed to increase U.S. military presence in the area. Dooley distributed books about his Vietnam experiences to raise U.S. public support for his clinics. The fundraising campaigns described in his books were conducted by individuals and groups associated with the CIA and the U.S. Agency for International Development. (3) During this period, the Air Forces' Air Commandos Wing, under Brig. Gen. Harry C."Heinie" Aderholt, began working with WMR in the same border area. Aderholt, who is also an editor for Soldier of Fortune magazine, later founded the private medical relief organization Air Commando Association (ACA). (3) In 1961, Tom Dooley died of cancer at age 34. President Kennedy presented Dooley's mother a Special Congressional Medal of Honor, saying,"Dr. Dooley typified the best of our country."(9) Dooley's friend, Dr. Verne Chaney, founded The Thomas A. Dooley Foundation in 1961 as "a non-profit, non-sectarian, non-government, non-political private voluntary organization... dedicated to the memory of Dr. Tom Dooley and his pioneering works."(9) In 1976, INTERMED, Inc. was founded in Geneva Switzerland as "a non-political, non-profit health association."(9) The joint group in the United States is known as The Thomas A. Dooley Foundation-Intermed-USA, Inc. Fundraising in the United States is carried out by the Dooley Foundation, and all projects outside the country are managed by INTERMED, Inc. (9) The organization has concentrated its efforts on areas of conflict, including Southeast Asia and Central America, and, twenty-five years after it was founded, DooleyIntermed still collaborates with World Medical Relief and the Air Commando Association. Date of birth: 01/17/1927 Date of death: 01/18/1961 Area of notoriety: Medicine Marker Type: Horizontal Marker Setting: Outdoor Fee required?: No Web site: [Web Link] Visiting Hours/Restrictions: Not listed

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