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    1. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 14 Dec 2017

      3 weeks later, Jack reported to #OSS training camp in Algeria. He was one of the youngest teachers & one of the few who hadn’t seen action prior to instructing. Students were given fake names upon arrival & were never permitted to discuss backgrounds.pic.twitter.com/VyXydI0NlW

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    2. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 14 Dec 2017

      Jack’s 1st mission was to parachute into Nazi-occupied France, behind enemy lines, to help w communications & to act as liaison w local anti-German resistance. He also armed & trained them & helped resistance impede German movements in the area.

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    3. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 14 Dec 2017

      An avid fisherman, Jack packed his fishing rod w mission supplies. When officer in charge told Jack he was not permitted to jump w a fishing rod, Jack responded it was an antenna disguised to look like a fly rod.

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    4. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 14 Dec 2017

      October 1944: while on an assignment to recruit, train, & infiltrate agents through enemy lines, Jack departed for a safe-house in enemy territory. As he neared destination, German mountain troops opened fire & he was hit 3 times in right arm & shoulder before surrendering.

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    5. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 14 Dec 2017

      During his interrogation it was revealed that the German commander’s girlfriend had once been Jack’s nurse when he was a child living in Austria. The questioning ended w a toast of Schnapps to the woman. Jack was still sent to a POW camp for officers near Hammelburg, Germany.

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    6. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 14 Dec 2017

      One day after roll call, a German soldier asked Jack if he was related to Ernest Hemingway. Jack admitted he was. The soldier then confessed he was an admirer of his father’s work & stated he had been an American Literature professor & had taught Ernest’s writings.

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    7. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 14 Dec 2017

      March 1945: Task Force Baum liberated POW camp. However, they only anticipated 300 POWs, not the 3,000 looking for rescue. Officers were able to ride on top of vehicles, the rest were told to walk 50 miles to American lines. Most were too weak to walk & elected to stay behind.pic.twitter.com/dZmzCVOrpu

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    8. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 14 Dec 2017

      Jack hoisted himself up onto a tank. It didn’t take long for 1st ambush. Jack escaped, but hadn’t gotten very far when he heard the explosion of American tanks being blown up by Germans. None of the 50+ vehicles survived the mission.

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    9. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 14 Dec 2017

      After several days of running, Jack was recaptured & sent to Nürnberg. Shortly after arriving, camp was evacuated. As prisoners marched, they were mistakenly fired on by US pilots. Germans had prisoners lay on ground & spell out “US POW” to avoid more friendly-fire.

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    10. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 14 Dec 2017

      Once, after an exhausting day of marching & desperate for nourishment, Jack found a small stream. He decided to try & catch a fish with his bare hands. He was successful in grabbing a seven inch trout. He & 2 others ate well that night.

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      CIA‏Verified account @CIA 14 Dec 2017

      After 10 days of marching nearly 12 miles a day they arrived in Stalag VII-A. April 29, 1945: the POW camp was liberated & Jack linked up w former #OSS colleagues. They hitched a ride to @USArmy HQ where they checked in w OSS.pic.twitter.com/RMM3gz5unM

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        2. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 14 Dec 2017

          Jack was given priority status to London, where he was debriefed by X2, OSS’s counterintel section. After reporting to #OSS HQ in DC, he was given 2 months of leave & nearly 9 months of back pay. When war started, Jack weighed around 210lbs. He now weighed under 140.

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        3. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 14 Dec 2017

          #OSS described Jack as resourceful, courageous, & self-assured enough to be an excellent ops officer. But, his new assignment to carry out secret missions in Far East was canceled @ end of #WWII & he was made commanding officer @ German POW camp at Camp (now Fort) Pickett, VA.pic.twitter.com/ra4ax5z0G5

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        4. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 14 Dec 2017

          Jack received Croix de Guerre from the French for his wartime service & was awarded the Bronze Star Medal from @USARMY Commander for meritorious service in direct support of combat operations.pic.twitter.com/u5LOGvw20t

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        5. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 14 Dec 2017

          Jack was released from @USArmy in November 1945. He flew to Cuba to visit his father, then to Utah to ski w Gary Cooper & Clark Gable. He enrolled @umontana, although he never graduated. But while in Missoula, he decided one day he would settle down in the mountains out west.pic.twitter.com/rwq4KYkRh7

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        6. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 14 Dec 2017

          Jack married Byra Whittlesey in Paris, France on June 25, 1949. Julia Child, another #OSS veteran (http://1.usa.gov/1gqDnkN ), was maid-of-honor. They had 3 children. Jack worked as a stockbroker & then as a fishing supply salesman.pic.twitter.com/ypoj5b1AJw

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        7. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 14 Dec 2017

          In 1967, Jack retired & moved to Ketchum, Idaho, his father's last home & burial place. There he taught languages, pursued his passion for fly fishing, & wrote two autobiographical books. Jack died on December 1, 2000, at age 77. http://bit.ly/2B1OwEm  #OSS75pic.twitter.com/GphB8nyZAg

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        1. Roman Hessel‏ @squall11111 19 Dec 2017
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          Das Böse, welches offen gab das es Böse geworden ist. War dann auch weg.

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        1. Christopher Sneddon‏ @Christo13179468 17 Dec 2017
          Replying to @CIA @USArmy

          With respect to the CIA giving the Russians a tip off about Isis I fully respect and applaud that. 100% correct.👍

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