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James Jesus Angleton was born December 9, 1917, in Boise, Idaho, the eldest of four children of James Hugh Angleton (1888–1973) and Carmen Mercedes Moreno (1898–1985). [1] [5] His parents met in Nogales, Arizona, while his father was a U.S. Army cavalry officer serving under General John Pershing.
James Angleton was born in Boise, Idaho, to James Hugh Angleton and Carmen Mercedes Moreno. His parents met in Mexico while his father was a cavalry officer serving under General John Pershing. James Hugh Angleton purchased the NCR franchise in pre-war Italy, where he became head of the American Chamber of Commerce and later joined the Office ...
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James Angleton was born in Boise, Idaho, on December 9, 1917. His parents—James Hugh Angleton and Carmen Mercedes Moreno—met when his father was serving as a cavalry officer during the Mexican Revolution. Angleton had two younger sisters and a brother. Throughout his youth, Angleton was educated at English preparatory schools, including Chartridge ...
Angleton did not finish law school because he was drafted into the U.S. Army in March 1943. During training he was singled out for an interview and offered the chance to work with the Office of Strategic Services (OSS)—the predecessor to today’s CIA. Angleton accepted the opportunity and was assigned to the X-2 Branch, responsible for counterintell...
During the first several years of his career at the Agency, Angleton helped establish the structure of the new intelligence organization. Living up to his reputation in the OSS, Angleton rapidly rose through the ranks of the Agency. By May 1949, he became a senior leader in the Office of Special Operations. This job required Angleton to call on som...
When James Jesus Angleton was born on 9 December 1917, in Boise, Idaho, United States, his father, James Hugh Angleton, was 28 and his mother, Carmen Mercedes Moreno, was 19. He married Cicely Harriet d'Autremont on 17 July 1943, in Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan, United States.
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Jun 25, 1978 · James Jesus Angleton was born in 1917 in Boise, Idaho. He was named Jesus after his maternal grandfather: His father had married a Mexican woman while serving in Mexico under Gen. John J ...
Feb 24, 1975 · His Illinois-born father, James Hugh Angleton, joined the National Guard in Idaho in 1916 and chased Pancho Villa south of the border under General John J. (“Black Jack”) Pershing.
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His father, Hugh Angleton, was a former cavalry officer who met his wife, a seventeen-year-old Mexican woman, Carmen Mercedes Moreno, while serving in Mexico, under General John J. Pershing. (1) Hugh Angleton was an executive of the National Cash Register Company.
