"Don't Know Jack"...
based on the alias assumed by Holt, John [Jack] R. Moon
This website is dedicated to Chauncey Marvin Holt. A man who lived a unique and rare life. He was an artist, Accountant, pilot, circus performer, weapons modification expert, and C.I.A. Covert Operation Specialist all rolled up into one, or more accurately, rolled up in to many - identities that is!...And...he was my father.
We are in the process of developing this site and apologize for our simplistic "under construction" page, as well as thank you for your patience while it is being developed.
Between all the chaos and drama that surrounded his worlds, there was no doubt, by anyone who knew him, that he was a warm hearted and patriotic man, friend, husband, father and grand-father. To have known him in the true sense you would have gained his trust, love and compassion.
My father passed away in 1997, but not before sharing stories and memorabilia of his long and checkered career. I have had the rare luxury to live alongside him as his daughter and further been given the opportunity in trust to record, evaluate, read, preserve, and learn about his entire life experiences upon his deathbed and witness the unravelling of deep unresolved secrets and identities.
An alias frequently used by Chauncey Holt was a deep under cover identity which could meet the heaviest of scrutiny. A graduate of M.I.T. and a C.I.A. asset for the "Company". The name, John R. Moon, an indvidual who served as an accountant for many high powered political figures, as well as for some of the most dangerous organized crime members in United States history.
At the birth of Moon in the early 50's, Holt had to be "sheep dipped" and assume the character and life of Jack Moon. Through the assistance of the Central Intelligence Agency and the International Rescue Commitee, this newly developed alias opened gateways for Holt to live and maintain.
To our family, John Moon was merely the business partner of Chauncey Holt where they both shared a small C.P.A. office just blocks from where we lived. For years, Holt kept and maintained many other identies on a regular basis, 45 admited and 4 with the same protection and blanket as Moon.
My father kept these secrets from his own family and friends, but harbored even more secrets where it came to his wife and child who were unsuspectingly living the multiple lives of Holt, who was a married man with a daughter,...who was also Mr. Moon with another wife...who were both Mr. Siegler who was widowed, and sometimes tranformed into Mr. Hoyt who was single and little crazy, or into Rutz who was ever so cleaver.
Lives created and intertwined by design...each active... and each supporting another...until...Holt's arrest in 1977.
Holt, who was represented by attorney Frank Belcher [Belcher Oil/Collins Radio] and Joe Ball [lead investigative counsel for the Warren Commission], was never actually incarcerated under his own name, rather, Holt served his "time" under his C.I.A. alias name - John Moon. A two year sentence at the Federal Correction Facility - Terminal Island, in Long Beach, California and inserted as Controller for the same institution - with "perks". A trial, conviction, and sentence unavailable to the public and during which time the HSCA commitee was newly formed and underway, while both Holt and Moon were conveniently in prison, or so called "on vacation".
This started the chain of strange and confussing times for our family. It was a time of balancing betrayals and challenges with unconditional love. A time where Holt had to come clean with his family and a time which revealed dangerous paths that our family were not only approaching but roads we were already travelling upon...
....Until now...you "Don't Know Jack"........
