Thomas Joseph Flynn (born 2 November 1930) is a retired

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in the

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. His assignments included Deputy Commander Army Intelligence and Security Command as well as Assistant Deputy Director for Operations/Deputy Chief of Central Security Service for the

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. Flynn enlisted in the Army in October 1952 after graduating from the

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with a B.A. degree in biology. He was commissioned in 1954 from Infantry Officer Candidate School. Flynn is also a graduate of the Army Command and General Staff College and the Air War College.

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