Office of Strategic Services
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The Office of Strategic Services was the second non-departmental civilian intelligence agency of the United States. It was formed during World War II as the direct successor of the Office of the Coord
William J. Donovan
Dick Ellis
President Roosevelt ordered the creation of the Office of Strategic Services on June 13, 1942
General William J. Donovan reviews Operational Group members in Bethesda, Maryland, prior to their departure for China in 1945.
William J. Donovan
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William Joseph "Wild Bill" Donovan was an American soldier, lawyer, intelligence officer and diplomat. He is best known for serving as the head of the Office of Strategic Services, the precursor to th
Office of Strategic Services
…On the suggestion of William "Little Bill" Stephenson, the senior British intelligence officer in the western hemisphere, Roosevelt requested that William "Wild Bill" Donovan draft a plan for an intelligence service based on the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) and Special Operations Executive (SOE). Donovan envisioned…
Donovan in 1945
Donovan in the Columbia University yearbook, 1905
Lieutenant Colonel William J. Donovan in uniform, September 6, 1918
Medal of Honor presented to Donovan, in the collection of the CIA Museum