William Stephenson
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Sir William Samuel Stephenson was a Canadian soldier, fighter pilot, businessman and spymaster who served as the senior representative of British Security Coordination for the Western Allies during Wo
1942 passport photo
BSC was housed on the 35th and 36th floors of the International Building, Rockefeller Center, New York City
The Princess Hotel in Bermuda, home to British Imperial Censorship during the war, and to Sir William Stephenson after the war.
The Rockex was an IBM Telex machine adapted by Pat Bayly to operate on a one time cypher, allowing secure communication among the Allies throughout the war. It continued to be used in peacetime until the 1970s.
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
William Stephenson
…government and the Allies in aid of winning the war. Stephenson was soon a close adviser to Roosevelt, and suggested that he put Stephenson's good friend William J. "Wild Bill" Donovan in charge of all U.S. intelligence services. Donovan founded the U.S. Office of Strategic Services (OSS), which in 1947 would become the Central…
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