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Pierre (Peter) Julien Ortiz OBE (July 5, 1913 – May 16, 1988) was a United States Marine Corps colonel who received two Navy Crosses for extraordinary heroism as a major in World War II.
Jul 20, 2014 · On Jan. 6, 1944, Ortiz, British Col. H.H.A. Thackthwaite, and Frenchman Andre “Monnier” Foucault, regarded as one of the best radio operators in the OSS, and their weapons and supplies were parachuted into the Haute-Savoie departement of the French Alps in Operation Union I.
Apr 19, 2023 · The American Spy Who Surrendered to the Nazis to Save Civilians. In 1944, Pierre Julien Ortiz parachuted into occupied France, where the Gestapo offered a reward of half a million francs for his...
One of the most remarkable Marines to serve in World War II, Peter Ortiz and his team—two leatherneck sergeants and a Free French officer—surrendered to the Germans rather than allow them to destroy the town in August 1944.
Peter Ortiz returned to the United States to recuperate in April 1943 and the next month was assigned to the Naval Command of OSS; one of only 80 USMC officers who served in the OSS during the war. By July, he was in London pending assignment to France.
The covert Marines in Europe parachuted behind enemy lines or were landed on hostile shores, conducting raids and sabotage operations and training resistance fighters to disrupt Nazi logistics. Colonel Peter Ortiz receives his first Navy Cross from Admiral Harold R. Stark in London.
Jan 30, 2024 · Col Peter Ortiz: Historian's Corner article about Col Ptere Ortiz and his heroic deeds during the II WW, Blog Post by Museum of the Marine.
