General Records of the United States Government, 1778-2006. Enrolled Acts and Resolutions of Congress, 1789-2013. Public Law 87-42, 1789-2013. Public Law 87-42: Joint Resolution to Authorize the President of the United States to Award Posthumously a Medal to Doctor Thomas Anthony Dooley III.

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General Records of the United States Government, 1778-2006. Enrolled Acts and Resolutions of Congress, 1789-2013. Public Law 87-42, 1789-2013. Public Law 87-42: Joint Resolution to Authorize the President of the United States to Award Posthumously a Medal to Doctor Thomas Anthony Dooley III.

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Dooley, Thomas A. (Thomas Anthony), 1927-1961

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Thomas Anthony Dooley III (January 17, 1927 – January 18, 1961) was an American physician who worked in Southeast Asia at the outset of American involvement in the Vietnam War. While serving as a physician in the United States Navy and afterwards, he became known for his humanitarian and anti-communist political activities up until his early death from cancer. After his death, the public learned that he had been recruited as an intelligence operative by the Central Intelligence Agency, and numer...