American OSS agents in ww2

[timetraveller]

Does anyone know the names of the OSS agents that worked along side various resistance groups in ww2 ..

[Dominique]

Do you mean the names of the various OSS units, or the individual agents themselves?

[Socrates187]

Jimmy Patterson.

[LineDoggie]

Does anyone know the names of the OSS agents that worked along side various resistance groups in ww2 ..


Sterling Hayden(under John Hamilton Nom de Guerre)
Julia Child
Arthur Schlesinger Jr.
Peter J. Ortiz
John K. Singlaub
Walter Lord
E. Howard Hunt
Rex Applegate
Aaron Bank
William Colby

[timetraveller]

^^^

Cheers .....

[dave81]

Let's see, there was Bill, there was the other Bill, there was Stan, then there was Hank, and I think a guy named Roger.

[James]

Check out the National Archives (http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/topics/oss-personnel/).

[GiladS]

1st Lieutenant Aldo Raine?

Sorry, saw the film yesterday and couldn't resist... p-)

[JJHH]

Does anyone know the names of the OSS agents that worked along side various resistance groups in ww2 ..

What exactly do you mean with agents? People that were actually trained by the OSS or people that worked for the OSS in resistance groups?

[Gman992]

Julia Child wasn't a field agent though...she did top secret "clerical" work...important, but she want's Mata Hari.

[Jurinko]

There was Cpt. Green in OSS mission in Slovakia.

Read
Jim Downs: "World War II: OSS Tragedy in Slovakia".

[JJHH]

Sterling Hayden(under John Hamilton Nom de Guerre)
Julia Child
Arthur Schlesinger Jr.
Peter J. Ortiz
John K. Singlaub
Walter Lord
E. Howard Hunt
Rex Applegate
Aaron Bank
William Colby

By the way, the above mentioned people were all OSS members but not all served as agents in the field.

Child worked as a clerk, Schlesinger Jr. was an analyst, Lord was a clerk, Applegate was as instructor. I'm not sure whether Hunt worked behind enemy lines.

Ortiz was dropped into France to aid the resistance. Singlaub, Bank and Colby, all Jedburghs were dropped in France too.

In total there must have been at least hundreds of American OSS agents that worked along side the various resistance groups in the ETO/PTO.

[JUNKHO]

Try search "The deer" and "Ho Chi Minh" and here -

http://www.historynet.com/ho-chi-minh-and-the-oss.htm/5

[gaijinsamurai]

William Casey, CIA Director under President Reagan, was with the OSS during WWII. Not sure if he was a field agent, though.

[JJHH]

William Casey, CIA Director under President Reagan, was with the OSS during WWII. Not sure if he was a field agent, though.

Casey was head of the Secret Intelligence branch for Europe of the OSS.

William Colby, an OSS Jedburgh also became CIA director.

[elite soldier]

lol jimmy patterson, the guy from metal of honor...good game though :-P

[KB]

Sterling Hayden(under John Hamilton Nom de Guerre)
Julia Child
Arthur Schlesinger Jr.
Peter J. Ortiz
John K. Singlaub
Walter Lord
E. Howard Hunt
Rex Applegate
Aaron Bank
William Colby

Marines Who Participated in the Office of Strategic Services (OSS)
During World War II, both Marine Corps officers and enlisted personnel served with the Office of Strategic Services (OSS). Each member distinguished themselves, and contributed significantly to winning the war. Marines - although not complete - who served with the OSS - are noted below.

COLONELS

William A. Eddy(translator w/FDR when he met with King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia)
James M. McHugh

LIEUTENANT COLONELS

Remsen J. Cole
Horace W. Fuller
Franklin P. Holcomb
Peter J. Ortiz
Carl B. Peters
George Van der Hoef
Frederick A. Willis
Andrew Wylie

MAJORS

Richard A. Gard
Charlotte D. Gower*
William G. Hamilton
Albert F. Moe
James T. Patterson
CAPTAINS

William L. Cary
Joseph E. Charles
Gordon A. Craig
Gerald F. Else
Francis T. Farrell
Leon Grell
William F. A. Grell
John Hamilton**
Elmer Harris
Willaim A. Holmin
Emil M. Krieger
Robert P. Leonard
Walter R. Mansfield
C. L. A. Mathieu
George H. Owens
Sabastian Passanessi
Winthrop Rutherford Jr.
Richard E. Sullivan
Leon H. Weaver
1st LIEUTENANTS

William Applebaum
Peter Benson
John C. Bradley
Joseph F. Campisi
John H. Cox
Edward T. ****inson Jr.
William E. Duggan
Charles H. Fenn
John W. Gardner
Harry H. Harper
George M. Hearn
William E. Jones
Rolfe Kingsley Jr.
Clearence J. Lewis Jr.
William B. Macomber
Alan K. Magary
Hugh A. McDevitt
John J. Meilly
John W. Mowinckel
Charles A. Muecke
Robert Rubin
John S. Russell Jr.
George S. Seabury
Michael Shaughnessy
Lewis B. Walton Jr.
Edward E. Weismiller
Richard D. Wylly
2nd LIEUTENANTS

Nick R. Cooky
Robert L. Hitt
Walter W. Taylor
Robert G. Scurrah
Peter Viertel
WARRANT OFFICERS

Thomas L. Curtis
John L. Richardson


GUNNERY SERGEANTS
John Harnicher
Robert La Salle
Larry Elder

SERGEANTS
Charles Perry
John Bodnar
Fred Brunner
Jack Risler
CORPORAL

James S. Sweeney
* Only Woman Marine Officer to serve with the OSS

Reference: "Herringbone Clock & CI Dagger" Major Robert E. Mattingly Occasional Papers 1984

http://mccia.org/History/cisec1.htm

Another OSS-like unit that operated in China was SACO.

http://www.delsjourney.com/saco/saco.htm

[Dave76]

This site might be of help:

http://www.ossog.org/index.html

It features the names and missions of the Operational Groups and the names of the enlisted personnel.