Born on October 7th, 1943 in San Antonio, Texas and grew up in Philmont, New York.
Oliver or Ollie as he is called by his friends graduated from Ockawamick High School in 1963 and furthered his education at the State University of New York at Brockport for the next two years.
In 1963 he was fortunate to gain an appointment to the United States Naval Academy.
Having taken a year off from school due to injuries sustained in a car accident he graduated in 1968.
He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant.
Lieutenant North served in the Vietnam Conflict as a platoon leader and received the Silver Star, Bronze Star and 2 Purple Hearts for his leadership and courage in battle.
His service in Vietnam ended in 1970 and in 1971 he was promoted to Captain.
For the next several years Captain North was commanding officer of the Marine Training Area in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
North progressed through the ranks next being promoted to major.
To further his career in the Marine Corp Ollie decided to go back to school and attended the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island.
His field of study there was the Command and Staff course.
He graduated from the school in 1981.
Soon after graduation Ollie was assigned to the National Security Council in Washington D.
C.
serving as the deputy director for political/military affairs.
In 1983 during his service with the National Security Council North was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, this to be his last promotion.
From 1983 to 1986 Oliver North was involved in some high profile, highly sensitive assignments.
This included the hunting down and capturing of the people involved in the October 1983 barracks bombing in Beirut, Lebanon killing 220 Marines, 18 Navy personnel, 3 Army soldiers and 60 injured Americans.
He was also involved with the planning of the invasion of Grenada and planning the bombing of Libya in 1986.
Shortly after the raid on Libya Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North was reassigned to the Marine Corps Headquarters in Arlington, Virginia.
His reassignment was largely due to his, at the time, purposed involvement in the Iran-Contra Affair.
The Iran-Contra affair involved illegally selling arms to Iran to get the Iranian government's help in getting six American hostages released being held by terrorists.
Then the profits from the sales was used to fund the Contras in Nicaragua.
The Contras were a rebel group who considered themselves resistance fighters against the ruling Sandinista government.
It was against the law for our intelligence agencies to appropriate to provide funding to groups who were looking to overthrow their governments.
Though President Ronald Reagan was in favor of the Contras it was never proven that he had any connection or knowledge of this covert operation.
North was tried in court in 1988 for his involvement in the Contra affair and was indicted on 16 felony counts.
Though he admitted to his participation in this scheme he also spoke of his belief that he did the right thing for both his country and its fight for freedom.
His picture taking the oath in court appeared on the covers of national magazines such as Time magazine personified him as a true American patriot.
He stood up for his beliefs and told the truth.
He was found guilty of only 3 of counts and was sentenced on July 5th, 1989 to a three year suspended prison term, $150,000 in fines and 1200 hours of community service.
His conviction was overturned in July 1990 with the assistance of the American Civil Liberties Union.
Celebrate this great American patriot and all the men and women of the armed forces who have served and are serving our country today.
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