Office of Strategic Services

The Office of Strategic Services (OSS) was a wartime intelligence agency of the United States during World War II. It was the predecessor of the modern Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

Office Of Strategic Services Media

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  Crystal Project video camera

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  William Joseph ('Wild Bill') Donovan, Head of the OSS (National Archives Identifier 6851006)

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  Charles Howard 'Dick' Ellis

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  General William J. Donovan reviews Operational Group members in Bethesda, Maryland, prior to their departure for China in 1945.

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  OSS missions and bases in East Asia

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  Men trained for ranger and guerrilla fighting by the OSS, January 1944

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  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.

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  OSS T13 Beano Grenade and compass hidden in a button, CIA Museum

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  Packing of miniature issues of the magazine by OSS members in "bombs" as part of Operation Pig Iron