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4 days ago · Office of Strategic Services William Joseph Donovan. While the World War II Office of Strategic Services (OSS) was technically a military agency under the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in practice, it was fairly autonomous and enjoyed direct access to President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Major General William Joseph Donovan was the head of the OSS.
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Apr 28, 2024 · A round of applause please for the World War II-era Office of Strategic Services — the first organized U.S. effort to implement a centralized system of strategic intelligence, and the...
3 days ago · In early 1942, Donovan's organisation became the Office of Strategic Services. SOE and OSS worked out respective areas of operation: OSS's exclusive sphere included China (including Manchuria ), Korea and Australia, the Atlantic islands and Finland.
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May 8, 2024 · Aaron Bank (born November 23, 1902, New York City, New York, U.S.—died April 1, 2004, Dana Point, California) was a U.S. Army officer famous for his exploits behind enemy lines while serving with the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World War II.
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4 days ago · - Office of Strategic Services (OSS), State Department Intelligence and Research Reports 1941 - 1961. Declassified Documents via Government Agency Sites. Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS) FRUS is the official documentary history of U.S. foreign policy.
1 day ago · The agency's founding followed the dissolution of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) at the end of World War II by President Harry S. Truman, who created the Central Intelligence Group under the direction of a director of central intelligence by presidential directive on January 22, 1946.
May 10, 2024 · He served with distinction in World War II as a paratrooper for the Office of Strategic Services, the forerunner of the CIA. After the war he earned a law degree from Columbia University , New York City (1947), and practiced law until 1950, when he joined the CIA, serving first in Stockholm (1951–53) and then in Rome (1953–58).
