James Connor Marshall
Bene qui Latuit, Bene Vixit, Who lives unnoticed, lives well.
Veritas Vos Liberabit, The truth will set you free
Personal Information
Born: February 8, 1935
Place: London, England
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 210 lbs
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Siblings: none
Children: Daniel Jonathan Marshall, deceased (March 10, 1979- March 20, 1983)
Parents:
  • Helen Spencer-Marshall, (English) deceased
  • Georges Kendall Marshall. deceased
Education
  • Charterhouse Boarding School, Godalming in Surrey, England (graduated 1952)
  • U. C. Berkeley, Bachelors of Arts in Political Science (1955-1958, graduated with honors in three years)
  • Yale Center for International Studies, Masters’ Degree in International Relations (1958-1960)
Profession
  • Horse breeder (Villa Paloma, Inc.), free-lance security analyst and consultant
  • Intelligence Officer, C. I. A. (ret.)
Skills
  • Psychological, Pharmacological and Physical torture methods
  • Forensics Management (evidence elimination and exploitation on crime scenes)
  • Foreign Infiltration-Extraction, and others undisclosed skills to date
  • Languages:
    • English
    • Spanish/French/German/Russian (fluent)
    • Chinese/Latin (proficient)
Awards and Distinctions
Miscellaneous Facts
  • Lost his parents at age 10 in a car accident in England
  • Was placed in a boarding school in the UK by his mother’s family then fled to enroll in the US Navy upon graduation. Served as an Underwater Demolition Team (U. D. T.) member during the Korean War
  • Was called “Brit Jim” by his fellow American sailors because of his recurrent British accent. He lost it within a year of serving in the US Navy
  • Returned to the United States upon discharge, to live with his paternal grand-father, a Californian land owner
  • His grandfather introduced him to a young senator and presidential hopeful a few days before the latter’s nomination at the Democratic Party Convention in Los Angeles (July 1960). A generous contributor to the Kennedy presidential campaign, Old Marshall arranged Jim Marshall and John F. Kennedy’s first encounter. They began a friendly relationship that would deepen over the years despite their age difference (18) and would last until Kennedy’s death
  • Recruited by the Central Intelligence Agency at age 23
  • A U. C. Berkeley Alumni, he helped convince President Kennedy to give a speech at Berkeley on March 1962
  • Was once told by JFK, a big Ian Fleming fan, he should live up to his “American James Bond” status and “loosen up with the ladies”. “I’ve got work to do, Jack,” was Marshall's answer
  • Was a member of the task force President Kennedy consulted before approving the creation of maritime special operations units meant to be named SEAL (SEa, Air, Land) Teams in 1962. He and best friend Jonathan Armitage volunteered to test SEAL tactics readiness
  • Resigned as an Intel officer soon after Bobby Kennedy too, was killed
  • Has a predilection for Rembrandt etchings and the music of J. S. Bach
Quotes
I was objectively and unequivocally one of the best they had.
-On his past as an Intelligence officer
I’ve become very good at becoming anything, torturing or killing people and making it look like I didn’t do it.
-On being "one of the best they had"
I was dead to myself after a while, became a very efficient machine unable to think beyond the job and despised who they made me become.
-On the effects of being “one of the best they had”
Unfortunate opportunities to degenerate in a stench of corruption that assaults my nostrils every time I am in town.
-On trips to Washington D.C.
Not for me. I have spent so much time studying, dissecting human behavior so that I could become a myriad of characters when needed on the job, I have become incompetent at real human interactions.
-On marriage
I tend to be a bit irrational when it comes to her. I've known her too long and just can’t fight the feeling. As a little girl, she saved me from myself and kept me from slipping in a very dark place with no chance to return. She has that kind of effect on people; she is just not aware of it…
-On Laura Armitage
She was about... two hours old, sleeping in her mother's arms. Then she became a big chunk of my daily life when...
-On the first time he met Laura
He's certainly excellent at what he does, a little too emotional for his own good, sometimes, but he's as decent as they come. It's just that... well, he's Laura's commanding officer, and... He perhaps shouldn't forget that.
-On T.J. Wilkins