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Courtesy CIA photo. William J. Donovan, the head of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) in World War II and one of the forefathers of today’s special operations forces, was born on New Year’s Day in 1883 in Buffalo, New York. After college and law school he entered private practice, where he prospered as a Wall Street lawyer.
Jun 20, 2012 · The last hero : Wild Bill Donovan : the biography and political experience of Major General William J. Donovan, founder of the OSS and "father" of the CIA, from his personal and secret papers and the diaries of Ruth Donovan by Brown, Anthony Cave
Jan 4, 2012 · William Edward Donovan was born October 13, 1876, in Lawrence, Massachusetts, the sixth child of carpenter Jeremiah Donovan and his wife Mary. Young Bill played locally in Lawrence, and later in Waverly, New York. Donovan made his National League debut at age 21 on April 22, 1898 with Washington, where he split time as a pitcher and position ...
Mar 15, 2017 · William J. Donovan . U.S. Army . Medal of Honor . Landres-et-Saint Georges, France . October 14 and 15, 1918. William Joseph Donovan was one of the very few American soldiers to have received the U.S. Army’s three highest decorations: the Medal of Honor, the Distinguished Service Cross and the Distinguished Service Medal.
Wild Bill Donovan reads like an action-packed spy thriller, with stories of daring young men and women in the OSS sneaking behind enemy lines for sabotage, breaking into Washington embassies to steal secrets, plotting to topple Adolf Hitler, and suffering brutal torture or death when they were captured by the Gestapo. It is also a tale of political intrigue, of infighting at the highest levels ...
Feb 23, 2011 · William J. “Wild Bill” Donovan was born in Buffalo, N.Y., to Irish immigrant parents who’d managed to scramble up the ladder from “shanty” to the lower rungs of “lace curtain” status.
Jan 1, 2011 · Wild Bill Donovan by Douglas Waller is a biography of Bill Donovan, the found of the OSS (Office of Strategic Services) which was the World War II forerunner of today's CIA (Central Intelligence Agency). In addition to a biography of Donovan, it also serves a secondary purpose as a history of the OSS.
