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    CIA‏Verified account @CIA 18 Dec 2015

    Small bands of resistance fighters? An evil empire? Not just in #TheForceAwakens. #Jedburghs http://1.usa.gov/1TUoPHA pic.twitter.com/visyby1jL8

    9:47 AM - 18 Dec 2015
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      2. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 18 Dec 2015
        Replying to @CIA

        OSS #Jedburghs: paratroopers sent into Nazi-occupied Europe to coordinate arms & supplies, train partisans in sabotage, & defeat Third Reich

        6 replies 44 retweets 49 likes
      3. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 18 Dec 2015
        Replying to @CIA

        A #Jedburgh team consisted of 2 to 4 men: US #OSS officer, British #SOE officer, Free French, Belgian, Dutch, or Canadian soldier. #WWII

        5 replies 34 retweets 46 likes
      4. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 18 Dec 2015
        Replying to @CIA

        US commandos on #Jedburgh teams fought in uniform w no obvious connection to #OSS to decrease likelihood they’d be shot as spies if captured

        8 replies 33 retweets 48 likes
      5. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 18 Dec 2015
        Replying to @CIA

        #Jedburghs trained in: amphibious ops skiing mountain climbing radio ops small arms navigation hand-to-hand combat explosives espionage

        9 replies 47 retweets 64 likes
      6. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 18 Dec 2015
        Replying to @CIA

        Each #Jedburgh team carried a radio: a "Jed Set," which was critical for communicating w Special Forces HQ in Londonpic.twitter.com/es5MjWIDGu

        4 replies 50 retweets 56 likes
      7. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 18 Dec 2015
        Replying to @CIA

        First Operation #JEDBURGH team deployed night before D-Day. More than 90 teams parachuted into France in 1944.pic.twitter.com/W8eLKdB7fG

        10 replies 83 retweets 99 likes
      8. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 18 Dec 2015
        Replying to @CIA

        One of the most famous #Jedburghs was William Colby, he would become CIA Director. At age 24, he led team into occupied France in Aug 1944.

        3 replies 42 retweets 43 likes
      9. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 18 Dec 2015
        Replying to @CIA

        The son of an @USArmy officer, Colby attended @Princeton & @Columbia before joining the military. #Jedburghpic.twitter.com/MpKGWHAWNq

        7 replies 46 retweets 47 likes
      10. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 18 Dec 2015
        Replying to @CIA

        He cheated on an eye exam to become a paratrooper. Jump school & French language skills made him a good candidate for #OSS & #Jedburghs.

        8 replies 27 retweets 40 likes
      11. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 18 Dec 2015
        Replying to @CIA

        Colby casually described #Jedburghs mission: “to harass Germans as much as possible…ambushes, blowing up bridges, that sort of thing.”

        2 replies 33 retweets 38 likes
      12. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 18 Dec 2015
        Replying to @CIA

        1945: Colby led #OSS special ops team into Norway to sabotage German rail lines & prevent German efforts to reinforce homeland from north.

        7 replies 33 retweets 35 likes
      13. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 18 Dec 2015
        Replying to @CIA

        Colby’s team “was 1st & only combined ski-parachute op ever mounted by @USArmy” in #WWII. http://1.usa.gov/1PbdO3v pic.twitter.com/D8vpjzRdHx

        7 replies 64 retweets 98 likes
      14. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 18 Dec 2015
        Replying to @CIA

        Surprise, Kill, Vanish: The Legend of the #Jedburghs http://1.usa.gov/1TUoPHA pic.twitter.com/7MHvB7YyIj

        17 replies 99 retweets 123 likes
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      2.  🅰️——‏ @RAFscopie 19 Dec 2015
        Replying to @CIA

        @CIA @ric_cole I'm reading about the Jedburghs & Phantoms at the moment, & their roles in Op Loyton.

        1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes
      3. Ben Jones‏ @Jayhawker 27 Dec 2015
        Replying to @RAFscopie

        @RAFscopie @CIA @ric_cole If you think Op Loyton is interesting, you'd be interested in "Eisenhower's Guerrillas: The Jedburghs, . . ."

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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      1. southpaw‏ @nycsouthpaw 18 Dec 2015
        Replying to @CIA

        @CIA CIA.

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      2. I am Dave‏ @mrblaq 18 Dec 2015
        Replying to @CIA

        @CIA Funny how tone deaf you are these days. You're the evil empire. You created the rebels. Now get us out of this mess or go away.

        1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
      3. Rob Maxwell‏ @RobMax17 18 Dec 2015
        Replying to @mrblaq

        @mrblaq @CIA #disagree #ShootTheBastards

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. I am Dave‏ @mrblaq 18 Dec 2015
        Replying to @RobMax17

        @RobMax17 @CIA #oh #ok #i #guess #its #hashtags #all #the #way #down

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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