Alexander Porter Butterfield was born in Pensacola, Florida back in 1926 Alexander and Susan. He grew up in Coronado, California leaving home in 1943. He studied at the University of California, Los Angeles, before joining the United States Air Force in 1948. After being assigned to several positions he was sent to Vietnam, where he flew 98 combat missions.
During his service, he received the Distinguished Flying Cross, was commander-in-chief of the Pacific forces and senior U.S. military representative before retiring.
In 1969, he was appointed as deputy assistant to President Richard Nixon. He rose through the ranks. In 1971, he oversaw installation of the taping system which Nixon ordered for the White House. In 1973, he was confirmed as administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, and left the White House. As I write this post he is still alive and doing well, he is 94.
What you may not know about Alexander is that he was the one who revealed the existence of the White House taping system in 1973, during the Watergate investigation, he did not have any involvement in the scandal, which ultimately led to the resignation of President Nixon.
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