Office of Strategic Services
The Office of Strategic Services (OSS) was a wartime intelligence agency of the United States during World War II.[1] It was the predecessor of the modern Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
Office Of Strategic Services Media
Crystal Project video camera
William Joseph ('Wild Bill') Donovan, Head of the OSS (National Archives Identifier 6851006)
General William J. Donovan reviews Operational Group members in Bethesda, Maryland, prior to their departure for China in 1945.
OSS missions and bases in East Asia
OSS 1st Lieutenant George Musulin behind enemy lines in German-occupied Serbia, as a Chetnik, during his first mission in November 1943. His second mission was Operation Halyard.
OSS T13 Beano Grenade and compass hidden in a button, CIA Museum
Major league baseball player Moe Berg of the Boston Red Sox was an OSS agent.
Col. Peter Ortiz, USMC
OSS created this false ID for Joe Savoldi - posing as Giuseppe De Leo while infiltrating the black market in Naples.
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References
- ↑ Clancey, Patrick. Office of Strategic Services (OSS) organization and functions. HyperWar. Retrieved Nov 10, 2016. [https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USG/JCS/OSS/OSS-Functions/index.html ]