 Like CAT, SAT was a CIA front organization flying covert missions in regions including southeast Asia.On February 24, 2005, France's ambassador to the USA, Jean-David Levitte, made the then 76-year-old Pope and six other CAT pilots "Chevaliers de la Légion d'Honneur" for their service in the Battle of Điện Biên Phủ.In 2005, Pope said of his Vietnam service