Foreign language skills were essential.
OGs fought in France, Italy, Greece, Yugoslavia, Burma, Malaya & China, often w partisans.
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#OSS activities & missions created a demand for devices & documents to trick, attack, & demoralize enemy. http://bit.ly/2rXxg08#OSS75pic.twitter.com/ACbLRQmLka
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Research & Development Branch (R&D) proved adept at inventing weapons & gadgets, & in adapting Allied equipment to new missions.
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#Donovan hired chemist Stanley Lovell to lead R&D. Lovell: “…consider any method that might aid war, however unorthodox or untried.”#OSS75pic.twitter.com/gczw8u7UUm
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Even though
#OSS was disbanded October 1, 1945, CIA still derives institutional & spiritual legacy from OSS. http://bit.ly/2spGjbA#OSS75pic.twitter.com/rw1aaatLNe
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Key personnel, files, funds, procedures, & contacts assembled by the
#OSS found their way into CIA more or less intact.#OSS75pic.twitter.com/fhvy2QmFXQ
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CIA owes a debt of gratitude to
#OSS & William#Donovan, the charismatic leader & moving force behind it all. http://bit.ly/2qGev2i#OSS75pic.twitter.com/BuzhVMVmL9
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