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	Aaron Bank - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Aaron Bank is best known as founder of American Special Forces, commonly known as the "Green Berets." He is also famous for his exploits as an OSS officer, parachuting into France to coordinate and activate the French resistance and organizing an operation intended to capture Adolf Hitler.
		Bank was commended by President George W. Bush in 2002, the year he celebrated his hundredth birthday, for developing the unconventional warfare programs and techniques that were used in toppling the Taliban.
		Bank became alarmed at the recklessness of the civilian operators of San Onofre, and actively lobbied, then testified before a closed session of the Atomic Energy Commission, warning of the dangers of terrorist sabotage at San Onofre.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Aaron_Bank (1290 words)

	Colonel Aaron Bank: Founder of US Army Special Forces
		Bank, who was known as "the father of the Green Berets," died Thursday of natural causes at his home in an assisted-living facility in Dana Point, Calif., said his son-in-law, Bruce Ballantine.
		Bank later wrote a memorandum suggesting that Special Forces soldiers be allowed to wear berets as a mark of distinction.
		Bank is survived by his wife, Catherine; their two daughters, Linda Ballantine of Dana Point, and Alexandra Elliott of Anaheim, Calif.; and a granddaughter.
	www.militarymuseum.org /Bank.html (1795 words)

	Green Berets 10th Special Forces History - Colonel Aaron Bank
		One such OSS agent was Aaron Bank, an officer recruited from the Army because of his courage, athletic skills, and intimate knowledge of Europe and the French and German languages (having lived and worked in pre-war Europe).
		Bank parachuted into wartime France to conduct special operations behind the lines (using a cover story that he was born on Martinique of French parents) to help organize and train partisan resistance, to raise a resistance “army” (i.e., to act as a “force multiplier”), and to conduct pre- and post-invasion operations against the Nazi forces.
		It was Aaron Bank who, in June 1952, was given the task of organizing and making operational the first “special forces,” and this was to be the first guerrilla warfare unit ever to become part of the regular military forces of this country.
	www.edwardffitzgerald.com /historical.htm (562 words)

	Aaron Bank (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Aaron Bank (November 23, 1902 - April 1, 2004) was the founderof the US Army Special Forces, commonly called Green Berets.
		Before the Depression, young Bank was a bon vivant, traveling the world and serving,ultimately, as chief life guard at an upscale resort in Biarritz.
		Aaron Bank was commended by George W. Bush in 2002, the year hecelebrated his hundredth birthday, for developing the unconventional warfare programs and techniques that had been used in toppling the Taliban.
	www.therfcc.org /aaron-bank-166598.html (965 words)

	Aaron Bank Biography
		Bank thought that one problem with Iron Cross was State Department aversion to setting so many armed Communists loose in an area destined for Allied occupation.
		Aaron Bank was commended by George W. Bush in 2002, the year he celebrated his hundredth birthday, for developing the unconventional warfare programs and techniques that had been used in toppling the Taliban.
		Aaron Bank retired from the Army in 1958, and suffered from declining health in his last years.
	www.biographybase.com /biography/Bank_Aaron.html (1008 words)

	In Memory of Col. Aaron Bank, "Father of Green Berets"
		COL Bank was awarded the Croix de Guerre by the French and the Bronze Oak Leaf Emblem for being mentioned in dispatches by the British for his actions.
		Bank recruited a company-size unit of anti-Nazi Germans, most of whom were POWs and communist sympathizers, found in French POW camps.
		Bank got word that the operation was aborted while he and his unit were on the tarmac in Austria waiting to board the C-47s that were to drop them into the area.
	www.cedu-diver.com /aaron.htm (915 words)

	Aaron Bank (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Aaron Bank (born November 23, 1902 in New York) is the founder of the US Army Special Forces, commonly called Green Berets.
		Bank was assigned to SO Branch, and led one of the OSS's Jedburgh operations into France.
		Aaron Bank retired from the Army in 1958, and has suffered from declining health in recent years.
	portaljuice.com /aaron_bank.html (989 words)

	COL. AARON BANK \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		Aaron Bank, who was known as "the father of Special Forces" for his role in creating the Army's unconventional-warfare units that became known as the Green Berets, died Thursday at his home in Dana Point.
		Bank believed that areas where large-scale warfare was no longer probable, like the Soviet bloc countries of Eastern Europe, would be particularly good environments for unconventional warfare.
		Bank retired from the military in 1958 and settled in Southern California, where he worked as chief of security for a residential development.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20040408/news_1m8bank.html (460 words)

	Special Warfare: 'Father of Special Forces' dies at age 101 in California home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Bank most notably broke new ground when in 1952 he was named commander of the Fort Bragg-based 10th Special Forces Group--the Army's first official special-warfare unit, for which he had led the fight to create.
		Later, Bank was chosen as the commanding officer for Operation Cross (often erroneously referred to as Operation Iron Cross), a high-risk plan to snatch Adolph Hitler and key members of his inner circle should they retreat to the "national redoubt" in the Bavarian Alps.
		Bank got word that the operation was aborted while he and his unit were waiting to board the aircraft that were to drop them into the target area.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0HZY/is_4_16/ai_n6358332 (877 words)

	TAPS: COL AARON BANK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Bank led a number of daring missions during World War II as a special operations officer for the Office of Strategic Services but was best known for his postwar role in organizing and serving as the first commander of the Army’s elite Special Forces, The Times reported.
		Bank: I was a lifeguard and swimming instructor during the summers at Biarritz, in France, where speaking French and German, as well as Spanish, was a necessity.
		Bank: I was awarded the Soldier's Medal, Bronze Star with V device [for valor], the French Croix de Guerre and the British "mentioned in dispatches" emblem.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1109466/posts (13905 words)

	MG Lambert sees Col Bank depart 50th
		Bank and his family arrived in a green minivan; the driver pulled onto the tarmac and to the plane.
		Bank, who was riding in the front seat, was greeted by escorts from the 10th Special Forces Unit in Colorado.
		Bank became commander of the unit, composed of eight hand-picked men, June 19, 1952, at Fort Bragg.
	www.groups.sfahq.com /command/lambert_banks_depart_50th.htm (385 words)

	Boston.com / News / Boston Globe / Obituaries / Col. Aaron Bank, known as 'father' of Green Berets
		Retired Army Colonel Aaron Bank, who led a number of daring missions during World War II but was best known for his postwar role in organizing and serving as the first commander of the Army's elite Special Forces, died Thursday in Dana Point.
		LOS ANGELES -- Retired Army Colonel Aaron Bank, who led a number of daring missions during World War II but was best known for his postwar role in organizing and serving as the first commander of the Army's elite Special Forces, died Thursday in Dana Point.
		Colonel Bank later wrote a memorandum suggesting that Special Forces soldiers be allowed to wear berets as a mark of distinction.
	www.boston.com /news/globe/obituaries/articles/2004/04/03/col_aaron_bank_known_as_father_of_green_berets (679 words)

	Colonel Aaron Bank - Father of Special Forces (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Col Aaron Bank known as the Father of the Special Forces was a legend and unfortunately I never got to meet him in person.
		Colonel Bank was born November 23rd 1902 in New York City and as a young man traveled the world and worked as a chief lifeguard until 1939 when he joined the Army.
		Bank and his men began training in prisoner snatches with the intention of taking Hitler alive and delivering him to the war crimes tribunal.
	www.fighttimes.com /magazine/magazine.asp?article=125 (972 words)

	[Deathwatch] Aaron Bank, "the father of the Green Berets", 101
		Bank led a number of daring missions during World War II but was best known for his postwar role in organizing and serving as the first commander of the Army's elite Special Forces.
		In 1952, after Bank and other key staff members had made their case, the Army approved 2,300 spaces for men in a Special Forces unit -- the 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) -- at Fort Bragg.
		Kennedy, Bank later said, "picked the green because he was an Irishman." Today there are about 7,700 soldiers in five active-duty and two National Guard Special Forces groups.
	slick.org /pipermail/deathwatch/2004-April/000709.html (634 words)

	Col. Aaron Bank, Who Was ’Father of Special Forces,’ Dies at 101 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Aaron Bank, who was known as "the father of Special Forces" for his role in creating the Army's unconventional-warfare units that became known as the Green Berets, died Thursday at his home in Dana Point, Calif. He was 101.
		Colonel Bank, a native of New York City, worked as a lifeguard and swimming instructor in the Bahamas and southern France as a young man. He traveled widely in Europe during the 1930's and had become fluent in French and German when he entered the Army in 1939.
		Colonel Bank remained in the Army after the war and became an advocate for special-warfare units that would do the type of work carried out by the O.S.S. While serving with a combat unit in the Korean War in 1951, he was called to Washington to work on creation of guerrilla-style units with Brig.
	www.nytimes.com /2004/04/06/national/06BANK.html?ex=1396584000&en=5082b16439ad9c32&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND (717 words)

	PRESS RELEASE CommerceWest Bank Appoints Aaron R. Thomas as Regional Vice President for the South Los Angeles Region (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Ivo A. Tjan, Chairman and CEO of CommerceWest Bank (OTC BB: CWBK) announced the appointment of Mr.
		Aaron R. Thomas as Regional Vice President of the South Bay Region in the Los Angeles Area.
		CommerceWest Bank is headquartered at 2111 Business Center Drive in Irvine, CA, with Regional Business Centers in Orange County at 4685 MacArthur Court in Newport Beach, CA, Inland Empire at 1611 Pomona Road in Corona, CA and in South Bay at 19300 S. Hamilton Avenue, Gardena, CA.
	www.marketwire.com /mw/release_html_b1?release_id=95642 (497 words)

	Green Berets Book - "Bank's Bandits" - 10th Special Forces
		BANK’S BANDITS is a novel about the birth of the Green Berets and the coming of age of draftee James Fitzpatrick.
		Special Forces when that outfit was first formed at Fort Bragg under the command of Colonel Aaron Bank (the “father of the Green Berets”).
		It is also dedicated to all those with whom the author had the honor of serving, and to all the members of Special Forces past and present.
	www.edwardffitzgerald.com /BanksBandits.htm (565 words)

	Blog of Death: Aaron Bank
		Retired Army Col. Aaron Bank, "the father of the Green Berets," died on April 1 of natural causes.
		The 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) was approved and formally activated in 1952 in Ft. Bragg, N.C. Bank was a key figure in championing for its creation, and became the unit's first commander.
		Bank is also credited with writing a memorandum suggesting that Special Forces soldiers be allowed to wear berets as a mark of distinction.
	www.blogofdeath.com /archives/000861.html (703 words)

	Rethinking the Export-Import Bank
		The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) was created in 1934 as an independent federal agency operating under a renewable congressional charter.
		The Bank provides financing to countries that do not have trouble obtaining credit and, in many cases, merely displaces private investment by funding ventures that would otherwise have taken place.
		Only a third of Ex-Im Bank financing requests even allege that they are in response to subsidized foreign competition, and far fewer cases are confirmed.
	www.freetrade.org /pubs/briefs/tbp-015es.html (314 words)

	Aaron's Mom Lashes Out - Dec 16, 2003 - E! Online News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		According to Aaron and Bob, after the couple initiated divorce proceedings, an accountant conducting an audit of their assets discovered that Jane had tapped a portion of the teen idol's earnings from his solo tour and signed a promissory note for the missing funds.
		Aaron, who now lives with his dad and just released the best-of album Most Requested Hits last month, said that he was also angered when his mom barred Bob from seeing all but one of his recent live shows.
		According to her Florida marital attorney, Timothy D. Lucero, Jane was granted legal guardianship over Aaron in August, but claims her authority was constantly undermined by her ex who wrongfully withheld physical custody of the popster.
	www.eonline.com /News/Items/0,1,13115,00.html (730 words)

	Obituaries in the News (Col. Aaron Bank, "the father of the Green Berets") (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Obituaries in the News (Col. Aaron Bank, "the father of the Green Berets")
		LOS ANGELES (AP) - Retired Army Col. Aaron Bank, a military icon called "the father of the Green Berets" for his role as the first commander of the Army's elite Special Forces, has died.
		Bank died Thursday of natural causes in an assisted-living facility in Dana Point, said his son-in-law, Bruce Ballantine.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1110720/posts (579 words)

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	Aaron Bank -- an Honorary Unsubscribe
		A former lifeguard, Bank would travel around the world to do as much lifeguarding as possible, and ended up learning fluent French and German.
		Bank so excelled in his Office of Strategic Services role that after the war he was asked to put together a new military unit for special operations.
		Kennedy "picked the green because he was an Irishman," Bank remembered.
	www.honoraryunsubscribe.com /aaron_bank.html (502 words)

	Aaron Bank (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		It is hard to imagine that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has managed to survive for 38 years withou...
		Aaron Bank (November 23, 1902-April 1,2004) was the founder of the US Army Special Forces, commonly called Green Berets.
		Bush">George W. Bush in 2002, the year he celebrated his hundredth birthday, for developing the unconventional warfare programs and techniques that had been used in toppling the Taliban.
	www.aseannewsnetwork.com /articles/content/a/aa/aaron_bank.html (1183 words)

	Aaron Bank, Special Forces Cdr, article
		And in 1951, when the Army formed an elite, unconventional warfare unit, Bank was there to organize it and become its first commander.
		Bank, who wrote a book outlining the special forces' history and co-authored a novel titled "Knight's Cross," spent much of Wednesday afternoon being greeted by old friends.
		Because of Banks' age and delicate health, his family requested that the retired colonel not be interview after the ceremony.
	genforum.genealogy.com /banks/messages/1440.html (443 words)

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		To wash out what they consider stains on the honor of their respective families, the heirs of Aaron Wilcox and Zenus S. Wilson will begin today to repay $83,000, which was lost by depositors and creditors of the Lake County Bank of Painesville, 0., when it failed in the panic of 1893.
		The heirs of the estates of Aaron Wilcox and Z. Wilson desire to pay the balance due, with interest at 3 per percent to all former creditors of the Lake County Bank (Aaron Wilcox and Co.) of Painesville, Ohio.
		The heirs of Aaron Wilcox and Zenas Wilson certainly deserve the praise of the community for their unselfish stand in the matter of the payment of the outstanding debt of the Lake County Bank.
	mywebpages.comcast.net /tmstuart/Ances/5GenMorley/Doc/CSWilcox&BankFailureRestitution.htm (1356 words)

	Boston.com / News / Nation / Obituaries in the news (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Retired Army Col. Aaron Bank, a military icon called "the father of the Green Berets" for his role as the first commander of the Army's elite Special Forces, died Thursday, family said.
		LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Retired Army Col. Aaron Bank, a military icon called "the father of the Green Berets" for his role as the first commander of the Army's elite Special Forces, died Thursday, family said.
		Hamner served in the Army and worked for a few years as a bank manager, then spent 35 years as a systems analyst at the University of Virginia before retiring in 2000.
	www.boston.com /news/nation/articles/2004/04/03/obituaries_in_the_news?mode=PF (913 words)

	Military icon Aaron Bank, 'father' of Green Berets, dies at 101
		Retired Army Col. Aaron Bank, a military icon called "the father of the Green Berets" for his role as the first commander of the Army's elite Special Forces, has died.
		Bank died Thursday of natural causes at his home in an assisted-living facility in Dana Point, said his son-in-law, Bruce Ballantine.
		In December 1944, Bank was assigned to recruit and train 170 anti-Nazi German POWs and defectors.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/04/02/obituary0036EST0215.DTL (358 words)

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