Goodbye OSS and Hello CIA: National Security Act of 1947
July 26, 1947 the National Security Act was approved: To promote the national security by providing for a Secretary of Defense; for a National Military Establishment; for a Department of the Army, a...
View ArticleA. Peter Dewey: The United States’ First Casualty in Vietnam
September 26, 1945, LTC A. Peter Dewey was killed in Vietnam, becoming the first casualty in what would become the Vietnam War. From Mark Thompson's Time article "War Through 'Enemy' Eyes": America’s...
View ArticleOctober 1, 1945: OSS Disbanded
Only weeks after the end of the war President Harry Truman signed Executive Order 9621 disbanding the OSS, effective 1 October 1945. With the exception of R&A transferring to the State Department,...
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