Office of strategic services

THE OSS

1. Office of Strategic Services
THE O S S
The Office of Strategic Services was a wartime intelligence agency of the United States during World
War II, and a predecessor to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The OSS was formed as an agency of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) to coordinate espionage activities behind enemy lines for all branches of
the United States Armed Forces. Other OSS functions included the use of propaganda, subversion, and
post-war planning. On December 14, 2016, the organization was collectively honored with a
Congressional Gold Medal. [1
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2. Origin
You could include information about: United States Department of the Navy; William J. Donovan; United
States Department of State; United States; United States Department of the Treasury. [1
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Activities

1 - General William J. Donovan reviews Operational Group members in Bethesda, Maryland prior to their departure for China in
1945. [2
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2 - OSS missions and bases in East Asia [3
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3. 3 - 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. [4
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You could include information about: United States Department of War; World War II; military
occupation; Axis powers; French Indochina. [1
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Weapons and gadgets
You could include information about: BEANO T-13 grenade; Lambertsen Amphibious Respiratory Unit;
Coal torpedo; limpet mine; THC-O-acetate. [1
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Facilities
You could include information about: Morale Operations Branch; Italy; Military history of Italy during
World War II; Santa Catalina Island (California); List of SOE establishments#Training schools. [1
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4. Personnel

4 - Major league baseball player Moe Berg of the Boston Red Sox was an OSS agent [5
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5. 5 - Col. Peter Ortiz, USMC [6
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6 - OSS created this false ID for Joe Savoldi - posing as Giuseppe De Leo while infiltrating the black market in Naples [7
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6. You could include information about: American baseball; Joe Savoldi; United States Marine Corps; Peter
J. Ortiz; Peter Ortiz. [1
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Dissolution into other agencies
You could include information about: counter-espionage; intelligence agency; John Magruder (Brigadier
General); X-2 Counter Espionage Branch; CIA. [1
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Branches
You could include information about: counterespionage; Secret Intelligence Branch; Special Operations.
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Detachments
You could include information about: 2671st Special Reconnaissance Battalion (United States); 2677th
Office of Strategic Services Regiment (United States); OSS Deer Team; OSS Detachment 101; South East
Asia Command. [1
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In popular culture
You could include information about: Comics; Films; Games; Literature; Television. [1
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You could include information about: O.S.S. (film); OSS 117; William Stevenson (Canadian writer); Archer
(2009 TV series); Camp X. [1
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References
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Strategic_Services
2. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Donovan_reviews_OGs.jpg
3. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Office_of_Strategic_Services_(OSS),_Missions_and_B
ases_in_East_Asia_during_WWII.jpg
4. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George_Musulin.jpg
5. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MoeBergGoudeycard.jpg

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7. 6. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Peter_Ortiz.jpg
7. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JJ.1943.FacistPartyGiuseppeDeLeo3.tif
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