The Herald’s Joe Dwinell sits down with OSS veteran Martin Gelb on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019, to read him the Veterans’ Day story on his heroics behind enemy lines during World War II.

Patrick K. O'Donnell. Free Press, $27 (384pp) ISBN 978-0-7432-3572-3 No longer satisfied with gentlemanly intelligence gathering, with the advent of WWII the United States changed its espionage ...

In February 1945, Billings, flying on behalf of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), the World War II-era precursor to the CIA, signed up for what seemed like a suicide mission. Fly deep behind ...

In 2016, after years of lobbying by the OSS Society, Congress awarded OSS veterans a Congressional Gold Medal. John Billings sits in front of his Cessna. He is still flying at age 93.

"They are fascinating, but what really hooked me are the stories behind them," Waywood said. For example, rare OSS patches were issued to the Kachins, men who served in Burma in Detachment 101.

Foreign Policy Intelligence Justice Military Military Inside one of World War II’s most daring spy missions: The men who made OSS operations possible October 25, 2016 More than 8 years ago Summary ...