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Simple Sabotage Field Manual by the United States Office of Strategic Services: 📚 11/2025: A fascinating little World War II artifact that in some ways can still be quite relevant. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2025/02/17/simple-sabotage-field-manual-by-the-united-states-office-of-strategic-services
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Jan 12, 1882: On this date, Henri Laussucq was born in Bordeaux, France. He immigrated to the US, naturalized as a US citizen, & lived in Pittsburgh. He served with the OSS & SOE F Section, Code name Arimis. Laussucq was delivered to France by submarine on March 22, 1944 (accompanied by fellow OSS operative Virginia Hall). He worked in the SAINT Circuit with an alias of Henri Lassot. (1/2)
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#DDay
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#FSection
#OfficeofStrategicServiceshttps://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?threads/laussucq-henri-l.44749/
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Jan 20, 1943: On this date, a Marine Section was established in the Special Operations Branch (SO) of the Office of Strategic Services. Jack Hendrick Taylor was one of the first to join the organization's newly formed Maritime Unit.
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(2/2) Laussucq was the oldest OSS agent in the field. Laussucq operated as an advance underground agent in France in preparation for D-Day. He was awarded the Silver Star & recognized by Pres Truman for his work leading to the success of the D Day landings. He died in 1975.
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Jan 12, 1882: (1/2) On this date, Henri Laussucq was born in Bordeaux, France. He immigrated to the US, naturalized as a US citizen, & lived in Pittsburgh. He served with the OSS & SOE F Section, Code name Arimis. Laussucq was delivered to France by submarine on March 22, 1944 (accompanied by fellow OSS operative Virginia Hall). He worked in the SAINT Circuit with an alias of Henri Lassot.
#WW2
#DDay
#SOE
#FSection
#OfficeofStrategicServiceshttps://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?threads/laussucq-henri-l.44749/
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Jan 6, 1944: On this date, Captain Peter Ortiz (American), Col. HHA Thackwaite (Brit), & radio operator Monnier (French) parachute into the Vercors plateau to evaluate & organize Maquis Resistance to the Nazis in Operation Union. They were the first Allied officers to appear in uniform in France since 1940. http://www.militarymuseum.org/Ortiz.html
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Jan 4, 1944: Operation Carpetbagger begins with the first mission to France from Harrington, England, the night of Jan. 4-5, 1944.
The operation used modified B-24 Liberators to supply agents, weapons, and supplies to resistance movements in France and the Low Countries.
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In April, 1945, William Colby led the NORSO group in Operation Rype.
Working in occupied Norway, the operation sabotaged rail lines to prevent German military reinforcement of Germany in the waning days of WW2. (3/4)
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At age 24, William Colby led a Jedburgh team (BRUCE) behind Nazi lines in occupied France in August 1944. He led 6000 Maquis irregulars in resistance to the Nazis. (2/4)
https://www.cia.gov/stories/story/surprise-kill-vanish-the-legend-of-the-jedburghs/
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Jan 4, 1920: On this date, William Colby born in St Paul, MN. He graduated from Princeton with an AB in politics with a senior thesis titled "Surrender -- French Policy toward the Spanish Civil War.”
He volunteered for the US Army in 1941 and served in the OSS in France & Norway. Codename, “Berkshire.” (1/4)
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December 1945: Christmas card from the OSS Schools and Training Headquarters Staff.
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https://archive.org/details/whoswhoincia0en
Who's Who in CIA: A biographical reference work on 3,000 officers of the civil and military branches of the secret services of the USA in 120 countries by Julius Mader; Mohamed Abdelnabi; Ambalal Bhatt; Fernando Gamarra; Shozo Ohashi
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#CIA, #CentralIntelligenceAgency, #DIA, #DefenseIntelligenceAgency, #USIA, #UnitedStatesInformationAgency, #DepartmentofState, #StateDepartment, #FBI, #FederalBureauofInvestigation, #NSA, #NationalSecurityAgency, #SecretService, #OSS, #OfficeofStrategicServices, #USForeignService, #UnitedStatesForeignService, #AgencyforInternationalDevelopment, #USAID, #PeaceCorps, #MilitaryIntelligenceService, #G2, #A2, #AirStaff2, #AdmiralStaff2, #AIS, #AirIntelligenceService, #CIC, #CounterIntelligenceCorps, #GeneralStaff2, #MIS, #NationalSecurityCouncil, #NSC, #OfficeofNavalIntelligence, #ONI, #intelligenceagencies, #counterintelligence, #covertaction, #CIAagents, #CIAofficers, #spies, #anticommunism, #covertoperations, #imperialism, #unitedstatesofamerika, #ColdWar, #neocolonialism -
https://archive.org/details/whoswhoincia0en
Who's Who in CIA: A biographical reference work on 3,000 officers of the civil and military branches of the secret services of the USA in 120 countries by Julius Mader; Mohamed Abdelnabi; Ambalal Bhatt; Fernando Gamarra; Shozo Ohashi
Topics
#CIA, #CentralIntelligenceAgency, #DIA, #DefenseIntelligenceAgency, #USIA, #UnitedStatesInformationAgency, #DepartmentofState, #StateDepartment, #FBI, #FederalBureauofInvestigation, #NSA, #NationalSecurityAgency, #SecretService, #OSS, #OfficeofStrategicServices, #USForeignService, #UnitedStatesForeignService, #AgencyforInternationalDevelopment, #USAID, #PeaceCorps, #MilitaryIntelligenceService, #G2, #A2, #AirStaff2, #AdmiralStaff2, #AIS, #AirIntelligenceService, #CIC, #CounterIntelligenceCorps, #GeneralStaff2, #MIS, #NationalSecurityCouncil, #NSC, #OfficeofNavalIntelligence, #ONI, #intelligenceagencies, #counterintelligence, #covertaction, #CIAagents, #CIAofficers, #spies, #anticommunism, #covertoperations, #imperialism, #unitedstatesofamerika, #ColdWar, #neocolonialism -
https://archive.org/details/whoswhoincia0en
Who's Who in CIA: A biographical reference work on 3,000 officers of the civil and military branches of the secret services of the USA in 120 countries by Julius Mader; Mohamed Abdelnabi; Ambalal Bhatt; Fernando Gamarra; Shozo Ohashi
Topics
#CIA, #CentralIntelligenceAgency, #DIA, #DefenseIntelligenceAgency, #USIA, #UnitedStatesInformationAgency, #DepartmentofState, #StateDepartment, #FBI, #FederalBureauofInvestigation, #NSA, #NationalSecurityAgency, #SecretService, #OSS, #OfficeofStrategicServices, #USForeignService, #UnitedStatesForeignService, #AgencyforInternationalDevelopment, #USAID, #PeaceCorps, #MilitaryIntelligenceService, #G2, #A2, #AirStaff2, #AdmiralStaff2, #AIS, #AirIntelligenceService, #CIC, #CounterIntelligenceCorps, #GeneralStaff2, #MIS, #NationalSecurityCouncil, #NSC, #OfficeofNavalIntelligence, #ONI, #intelligenceagencies, #counterintelligence, #covertaction, #CIAagents, #CIAofficers, #spies, #anticommunism, #covertoperations, #imperialism, #unitedstatesofamerika, #ColdWar, #neocolonialism -
https://archive.org/details/whoswhoincia0en
Who's Who in CIA: A biographical reference work on 3,000 officers of the civil and military branches of the secret services of the USA in 120 countries by Julius Mader; Mohamed Abdelnabi; Ambalal Bhatt; Fernando Gamarra; Shozo Ohashi
Topics
#CIA, #CentralIntelligenceAgency, #DIA, #DefenseIntelligenceAgency, #USIA, #UnitedStatesInformationAgency, #DepartmentofState, #StateDepartment, #FBI, #FederalBureauofInvestigation, #NSA, #NationalSecurityAgency, #SecretService, #OSS, #OfficeofStrategicServices, #USForeignService, #UnitedStatesForeignService, #AgencyforInternationalDevelopment, #USAID, #PeaceCorps, #MilitaryIntelligenceService, #G2, #A2, #AirStaff2, #AdmiralStaff2, #AIS, #AirIntelligenceService, #CIC, #CounterIntelligenceCorps, #GeneralStaff2, #MIS, #NationalSecurityCouncil, #NSC, #OfficeofNavalIntelligence, #ONI, #intelligenceagencies, #counterintelligence, #covertaction, #CIAagents, #CIAofficers, #spies, #anticommunism, #covertoperations, #imperialism, #unitedstatesofamerika, #ColdWar, #neocolonialism -
https://archive.org/details/whoswhoincia0en
Who's Who in CIA: A biographical reference work on 3,000 officers of the civil and military branches of the secret services of the USA in 120 countries by Julius Mader; Mohamed Abdelnabi; Ambalal Bhatt; Fernando Gamarra; Shozo Ohashi
Topics
#CIA, #CentralIntelligenceAgency, #DIA, #DefenseIntelligenceAgency, #USIA, #UnitedStatesInformationAgency, #DepartmentofState, #StateDepartment, #FBI, #FederalBureauofInvestigation, #NSA, #NationalSecurityAgency, #SecretService, #OSS, #OfficeofStrategicServices, #USForeignService, #UnitedStatesForeignService, #AgencyforInternationalDevelopment, #USAID, #PeaceCorps, #MilitaryIntelligenceService, #G2, #A2, #AirStaff2, #AdmiralStaff2, #AIS, #AirIntelligenceService, #CIC, #CounterIntelligenceCorps, #GeneralStaff2, #MIS, #NationalSecurityCouncil, #NSC, #OfficeofNavalIntelligence, #ONI, #intelligenceagencies, #counterintelligence, #covertaction, #CIAagents, #CIAofficers, #spies, #anticommunism, #covertoperations, #imperialism, #unitedstatesofamerika, #ColdWar, #neocolonialism