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75 years ago, #OSS Jedburgh paratroopers parachuted into Nazi-occupied Europe to coordinate arms & supplies, train partisans in sabotage, & help defeat Third Reich during #WWII

The 1st Operation #Jedburgh team was deployed the night before #DDay

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More than 90 #Jedburgh teams parachuted into France in 1944.

Once in, they would meet up w/local resistance groups, providing an essential link between guerrillas & Allied command.

One of the most famous Jedburghs was William Colby, who would later become CIA Director.

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A #Jedburgh team consisted of 2-4 men: US #OSS officer, British #SOE officer, & Free French, Belgian, Dutch or Canadian soldier.

Jedburghs trained in:
- amphibious ops
- skiing
- mountain climbing
- navigation
- radio ops
- hand-to-hand combat
- explosives
- espionage

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Today marks 75th anniversary of Office of Strategic Services, CIA’s predecessor & US #WWII intel apparatus!
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Before #WWII, collecting & disseminating intel was done by US foreign-policy experts & elements of the armed services.
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America’s entry into #WWII following intel failure of Pearl Harbor led to creation of #OSS on June 13, 1942.
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