When OSS received a Congressional Gold Medal, Congress’s highest civilian honor, in 2018, we inscribed CUTHBERT - the nickname Hall gave her prosthetic leg - on the medal to honor her. The OSS Society presents an award in her name.
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The OSS’s Virginia Hall, the only American civilian woman who received the Distinguished Service Cross in World War II, died OTD in 1982. General Donovan presented the decoration to her himself.
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Today is Indiana Jones Day. OSS recruited a number of archeologists who used their profession as cover. Indiana Jones was OSS, too, which he revealed in “Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull.”
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Operation Overlord: OSS and the Battle for France (80th Anniversary)
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On this 81st anniversary of D-Day, we are honored to share our award-winning short documentary, “Operation Overlord: OSS and the Battle for France.” Our film tells the story of Allied special forces whose daring exploits changed the course of World War II. vimeo.com/1017308385/4...
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OTD 1944, the first OSS Jedburgh team (HUGH) parachuted into France in advance of the Allied invasion. The “Jeds” were three-man, multinational teams whose purpose was to support local resistance movements and carry out military operations against the Germans. 93 teams were inserted into France.
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The OSS Congressional Gold Medal Act became Public Law 114-269 OTD 2016. An official of the US Mint said it is the most beautiful medal in the Mint’s history.
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