Rex Applegate (Colonel)
Colonel / US OSS Instructor
American Colonel, US OSS instructor, and author of the classic military combatives manual Kill or Get Killed (1943).
Quick Facts
Date of Birth6/23/1914
Date of Death7/14/1998
Era20th century
Country of Origin
USA
USARank / TitleAuthor of Kill or Get Killed / USMC Combat Developer
Active Years1940–1990
Biography
Colonel Rex Applegate trained US OSS agents and presidential bodyguards during WWII. Collaborating with W.E. Fairbairn, he published "Kill or Get Killed" and designed the Applegate-Fairbairn combat knife.