From C _ a.gov:
The "Glorious Amateurs" of OSS: A Diverse Group of Characters Who Helped Win a World War
December 3, 2021
Intelligence and Operations
In late September 1945, President Harry Truman signed Executive Order 9621, terminating the Office of Strategic Services (OSS). Shortly after the decision, General William Donovan gave a farewell address to the OSS staff in Washington. With sadness in his eyes, Donovan delivered his speech to a large group of assembled OSS employees:
โWe have come to the end of an unusual experiment. This experiment was to determine whether a group of Americans constituting a cross-section of racial origins, of abilities, temperaments and talents, could risk an encounter with the long-established and well-trained enemy organizations.โ
The โunusual experiment,โ as Donovan called it, formed one of the most eclectic groups of people ever pulled together in American history, with the goal of working together to defeat the enemy.
From the very beginning, General Donovan sought independent thinkers who could advance the mission of the OSS in creative ways, and thatโs exactly what he found. These โglorious amateursโ came from all walks of life: authors, artists, intellectuals, sports figures, lawyers, Hollywood actors, Japanese-American soldiers from the 442nd Nisei Regiment, scientists, and even a future Supreme Court justice.
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