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August 14, 2008: The National Archives made public the personnel files of thousands who spied for the United States' Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World War II. Among them: famed chef Julia Child, baseball player Moe Berg, actor Sterling Hayden, historian Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. and Supreme Court Justice Arthur Goldberg.The Associated Press: Files detail early US spy network
Records show nearly 24,000 operatives worked for the vast spy network managed by the OSS. The OSS, created by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, was the precursor of the CIA.CNN.com: Chef Julia Child, others part of WWII spy network
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Fast Facts
- National Archives released more than 35,000 top-secret personnel files of OSS agents in August 2008The Associated Press: Newly released files detail early US spy network (August 14, 2008)
- Archives also released 750,000 documents on the spy systemCNN.com: Chef Julia Child, others part of WWII spy network (August 14, 2008)
- OSS was the United States' first centralized intelligence effortThe Associated Press: Newly released files detail early US spy network (August 14, 2008)
- President Franklin D. Roosevelt created the OSS during World War IICNN.com: Chef Julia Child, others part of WWII spy network (August 14, 2008)
- OSS was established on June 12, 1942; dismantled in 1945MilitaryHistoryOnline: The Office of Strategic Services AFP: US declassifies 35,000 pages of WWII spy files (August 14, 2008)
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Notable OSS Members
In addition to Julia Child and Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., other notable names mentioned in the OSS files include author Earnest Hemingway's son, John Hemingway, President Theodore Roosevelt's sons Quentin and Kermit Roosevelt and Miles Copeland, the father of The Police drummer Stewart Copeland.CNN.com: Chef Julia Child, others part of WWII spy network (August 14, 2008) -
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@GermanRedneck | November 10, 2009 02:09 PM -
According to a Google study, OSS is now 2,5 billions lines of code, in 30 millions files : http://tinyurl.com/yhvuuhq
@foxPaname | November 09, 2009 07:09 PM -
♺ @rpjday: Note to OSS software suppliers: Do NOT name your downloadable tarballs/zip files with the keyword "stable". Use a real version
@balister | November 07, 2009 03:59 PM -
Note to OSS software suppliers: Do NOT name your downloadable tarballs/zip files with the keyword "stable". Use a real version number.
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