Minutemen (anti-Communist organization)
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The Minutemen was a militant anti-Communist organization formed in the United States in the early 1960s. The founder and head of the right-wing group was Robert Bolivar DePugh, a biochemist from Norborne, Missouri. The Minutemen believed that Communism would soon take over all of America. The group armed themselves and were preparing to take back the country if necessary. The Minutemen organized themselves into small cells and stockpiled weapons for an anticipated counter-revolution.
In February 1968, DePugh was indicted by a federal grand jury in Seattle, Washington for conspiracy to commit bank robbery. Also in 1968, he was arrested for violation of federal firearms laws. He skipped bail and went underground for over a year until he was caught in 1969 in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. He was released from prison in May 1973. DePugh later wrote a survival manual, Can You Survive?, and was associated briefly with Liberty Lobby.[1]
DePugh, 86, died at home June 30, 2009.[2]
Publications
The Minutemen's publication was a newsletter called "On Target".
- Principles of Guerrilla Warfare, Robert DePugh. Published by the Minutemen, San Diego, CA, 1961. 10 pages.[3]
- Blueprint for Victory, Robert DePugh. 1966.
- Can You Survive? Robert DePugh. Published by Desert Publications, El Dorado, AZ, 1973. 214 pages. ISBN 0-87947-442-4
References
- ^ "Robert DePugh and The Minutemen" at the Nizkor Project
- ^ T.J. Greaney, "Minuteman outlasted notoriety, died with regrets", Columbia Daily Tribune, Thursday, August 6, 2009.
- ^ Google books, no preview
- J. Harry Jones, Jr. The Minutemen. Doubleday & Company, Inc.: Garden City, NY, 1968. 426 pages. Expanded paperback edition published as A Private Army 1969.
- Interview with former Minuteman Robert N. Taylor
- Eric Beckemeier. Traitors Beware: A History of Robert DePugh's Minutemen, Eric Beckemeier Publications, Hardin, MO, 2008. ISBN-13: 978-0615172835
Categories:
- Anti-communist organizations in the United States
- United States private paramilitary groups
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