The Moon Is Down, John Steinbeck. With all the contemporary focus on resistance around the world, it is time to review a classic WWII novel about resistance in Europe written at the behest of William Donovan of the OSS for the people in Europe.This novel had wide-ranging effects in many countries.
William Donovan, the OSS chief, gave Hall the Distinguished Service Cross making her the only civilian woman to receive one in World War II. Hall's mother was the only outsider present at the ceremony.
Date: Apr 18, 2019
Category: World
Source: Google
Strippers, surveillance and assassination plots: The wildest JFK Files
ne document, a summary of the CIAs plans to assassinate foreign leaders, recounted how the CIA tried to use Gen. William Donovan, the former head of the the agencys precursor, the Office of Strategic Services, for one plot. He would give Castro a contaminated skin-diving suit while the two negotia
Commanded by Gen. William Donovan, a World War I hero from Buffalo, New York, OSS agents parachuted behind Nazi lines and led guerrilla raids against the Japanese. The OSS is considered the forerunners of today's U.S. special operation forces.
Date: Nov 29, 2013
Category: U.S.
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Congressmen seek medal for WW II-era US spy agency
"The OSS is synonymous with Gen. William Donovan," said Higgins, a co-sponsor of the measure, which he says has a "good chance" of being passed by Congress. "There's not another individual who's associated so profoundly with the OSS."