Responding to Jonestown: The U.S. Embassy in Georgetown, Guyana

Paul Storm served in the U.S. Marine Corps, 1975-1979. He provided security in U.S. embassies in Chile, Guyana and China. He shares memories of November 1978, when the tragedy at Jonestown, Guyana unfolded, with the loss of over 900 Americans who lived in the community built by Peoples Temple in the South American country. Photos from www.flickr.com/photos/peoplestemple/. Newspaper articles from newspapers.com. Posted as part of the "Military Response to Jonestown" project: https://www.militaryresponsetojonesto...

Any military, civilian or former U.S. official who responded to the Jonestown tragedy, or anyone involved in or impacted by Peoples Temple and/or Jonestown is invited to contact Preston Jones: [email protected] / (479) 524-7488

For further research:
-Personal account by Paul Storm = https://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=1...
-Interview with Deputy Chief of Mission Richard Dwyer (1990) = https://jonestown.sdsu.edu/wp-content...
-Interview with Ambassador John Burke (1989) = https://jonestown.sdsu.edu/wp-content...
-Interview with other U.S. State Department Officials = https://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=9...
-U.S. State Department “Crimmins Report” on its actions relating to Jonestown = https://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=1...
-What is the explanation for the changing body count in Jonestown the first week? = https://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=3...