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Mount Vernon News
March 12, 2018
“Wild Bill” Donovan was awarded the French Croix de Guerre for his efforts, but he would become more famous in World War II as the founder of the Office of Strategic Services, or OSS, the predecessor of the CIA. A memorial service was held a few days later for the men who died, with Sgt. Joyce KilmerÃâà...
Antiwar.com (blog)
March 11, 2018
In 1943, Angleton was recruited into the Office of Strategic Services, America's first foreign intelligence service stationed in Rome during and after World War II. He excelled at secret intelligence work. I tell a story in The Ghost of how he rescued a leading Nazi and a leading Italian fascist from postwar justiceÃâà...
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
March 9, 2018
Jefferson Morley will speak first, and he'll talk about the “CIA and Mossad: Tradeoffs in the Formation of the U.S.-Israel Strategic Relationship.” .... In 1943, Angleton was recruited into the Office of Strategic Services, America's first foreign intelligence service, [and was] stationed in Rome during and after World War II.
WOODTV.com
March 5, 2018
More than 70 years ago, Keith Cole was stationed in England during World War II and assigned to the Office of Strategic Services, or OSS. He worked specifically with the agency's air arm — the 492nd Bomb Group — known as 'Carpetbaggers.' Cole was an engineer and also a dispatcher in the unit, whichÃâà...
We Are The Mighty (blog)
February 16, 2018
The CIA, on the other hand, is actually a civilian foreign intelligence service of the United States government. Among countless other functions (countless because a lot of internal workings of the CIA are classified), this is where you would find the spies. Created as a successor to the Office of Strategic Services, the first realÃâà...
WTOP
February 11, 2018
The museum will focus specifically on the Office of Strategic Services, which was the World War II-era predecessor to the CIA, the U.S. Special ... to the intelligence community, the U.S. military and major defense contractors, is the ideal location to build it,” said Charles Pinck, president of The OSS Society.
Kenosha News
December 31, 1999
... never had a chance to derail America's war efforts due to the courage, patriotism and sacrifice of the women of the Office of Strategic Services, which later became the CIA.” ... In our many hours of interviews, Betty shared some incredible stories of her life as a real-life spy for the O.S.S. and later the CIA.
Fox17
December 31, 1999
... in Washington DC alongside surviving members of the Office of Strategic Services to receive the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian honor in the nation. He served in the OSS from 1943 to 1945 . The OSS is the predecessor of both Special Forces and the CIA. "Office of Strategic Service: It wasÃâà...
Fox17
December 31, 1999
March 21 Johnson, 94, will receive the Congressional Gold Medal in Washington, D.C., the highest civilian honor nationwide, for his service with the Office of Strategic Services from 1943 to 1945 alongside surviving members. The OSS is the predecessor of both the Special Forces and the CIA. "Office ofÃâà...
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