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(0)Richard Dunlop
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In early 1942, with World War II going badly, President Roosevelt turned to General William "Wild Bill" Donovan, now known historically as the "Father of Central Intelligence," with orders to form a special unit whose primary mission was to prepare for the eventual reopening of the Burma Road linking Burma and China by performing guerilla operations behind the Japanese lines. Thus was born OSS Detachment 101, the first clandestine special force formed...
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One of the most celebrated and highly decorated heroes of World War I, a noted trial lawyer, presidential adviser and emissary, and chief of America's Office of Strategic Services during World War II, William J. Donovan was a legendary figure. Donovan, originally published in 1982, penetrates the cloak of secrecy surrounding this remarkable man.
During the dark days of World War II, "Wild Bill" Donovan, more than any other person, was responsible...
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Abingdon Pressillus.Abingdon Press
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[1971]
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Think of the great trails...of the traders' caravans to Santa Fe, of the Spanish friars trudging the road to the California missions, of men, women, and children and covered wagons toiling along the emigrant trails, and of dashing stagecoaches and the Pony Express.