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    1. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 11 Jun 2017

      Director & #OSS officer John Ford won @TheAcademy award for documentary he produced for OSS: Battle of Midway http://1.usa.gov/1K5yOaA  #OSS75pic.twitter.com/IXb2AGtu2J

      14 replies 162 retweets 439 likes
      CIA‏Verified account @CIA 11 Jun 2017

      Ford was born in 1894 in Maine & attended Portland High School & studied @UMaine for a short time. #OSS75pic.twitter.com/4yGz1ENa7c

      11:33 AM - 11 Jun 2017
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        2. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 11 Jun 2017
          Replying to @CIA @UMaine

          Ford followed his brother to Hollywood & began his career in the movie industry as a prop man & acting in his brother’s silent films. #OSS75

          8 replies 31 retweets 60 likes
        3. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 11 Jun 2017
          Replying to @CIA @UMaine

          1934: Ford joined @USNavy Reserves. 1940: he began gathering a reserve unit of experienced Hollywood filmmakers. #OSS75pic.twitter.com/NjTxbsx1HY

          11 replies 35 retweets 62 likes
        4. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 11 Jun 2017
          Replying to @CIA @UMaine @USNavy

          During #WWII it was thought film could: Boost propaganda & morale Train troops Provide intel Record events #OSS75

          5 replies 42 retweets 77 likes
        5. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 11 Jun 2017
          Replying to @CIA

          October 1941: Ford & 30 men started what would become #OSS Field Photographic Branch producing documentary, training, & field films. #OSS75pic.twitter.com/47zRQO6mcG

          6 replies 44 retweets 90 likes
        6. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 11 Jun 2017
          Replying to @CIA

          #OSS institutionalized using film: Intelligence Photographic Documentation Project created a worldwide photo intel on important areas #OSS75

          7 replies 31 retweets 68 likes
        7. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 11 Jun 2017
          Replying to @CIA

          Ford won 2 @TheAcademy Awards for his #OSS films: The Battle of Midway (1942) & December 7 (1943), a propaganda #film. #OSS75pic.twitter.com/twVUqXqut0

          4 replies 33 retweets 66 likes
        8. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 11 Jun 2017
          Replying to @CIA @TheAcademy

          Ford was discharged with the rank of captain, but later continued his service as a rear admiral during the Korean War. #OSS75pic.twitter.com/ElQ0tYXdJ2

          2 replies 29 retweets 70 likes
        9. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 11 Jun 2017
          Replying to @CIA

          Ford died in 1973. He was posthumously awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom by Nixon & the 1st @AmericanFilm Life Achievement Award. #OSS75

          11 replies 52 retweets 186 likes
        10. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 11 Jun 2017
          Replying to @CIA

          Ford used his talent as a filmmaker during #WWII, proving how everyone can aid in the security of a nation. http://1.usa.gov/1K5yOaA  #OSS75pic.twitter.com/2oo5vTSQJp

          25 replies 75 retweets 265 likes
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        1. Angelina Cruz‏ @cruzangelina 11 Jun 2017
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          * * *One century minus 10 years apart* * *

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        1. Angelina Cruz‏ @cruzangelina 11 Jun 2017
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          * * *We're literally one century apart* * *

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        1. Angelina Cruz‏ @cruzangelina 11 Jun 2017
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          WOW

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        1. Matt Fischer‏ @SlippinWitEaze 11 Jun 2017
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          i factor more important things above entertainment. it's important, but one of life's frivolties. it's normally mindless and predictable.

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