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another oss call a guy became a great friend of julius was named betty mcdonald.hat he had grown up in honolulu and she had been a young reporter and one of the very first on the scene after the pearl harbor attack. she was recruited by the oss because of her working knowledge of japanese and her wartime experience. sheehan show you would disappear -- sheehan jane would disappear for weeks at a time on orientation courses and small-arms courses where they learned how to master a thompson submachine gun and a colt 45. julia was desperate to go to france but after 17 years of high school and college friends, she discovered she couldn't. >> a word. she had no special skills to recommend her for overseas service. so when the word went out that donovan was looking for warm bodies, anybody's, to help set up and running the network of new intelligence bases in india, burma and china she immediately volunteered. she didn't care where she went, as long as she got to go and there was a man shortage and a newly formed oss was woefully understaffed. it is important i think to
another oss call a guy became a great friend of julius was named betty mcdonald.hat he had grown up in honolulu and she had been a young reporter and one of the very first on the scene after the pearl harbor attack. she was recruited by the oss because of her working knowledge of japanese and her wartime experience. sheehan show you would disappear -- sheehan jane would disappear for weeks at a time on orientation courses and small-arms courses where they learned how to master a thompson...
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there was a man shortage and the newly formed oss was woefully understaffed.it's important i think to remember that when you think of the oss, you generally think about the paramilitary and guerrilla operations. they get all the glory. you think of grainy images of agents parachuting behind enemy lines, but the fact of the matter is of the 13,000 employees, about 4500 of which were women, the vast majority spent their time writing reports, collecting and analyzing information, and planning missions. so the fact that many of the oss is very unorthodox activities could be conducted from behind a desk meant that women could be equally as effective. and so while the majority of women did remain in washington, helping to support the oss's far-flung missions, a very small percentage went overseas. and an even tiny percentage ever went into active operations. but the small percentage that did go overseas, like jane, like julie and betty, they carried out their assignments with the same audacity, self-reliance and seat-of-the-pants ingenuity that donovan inspired and
there was a man shortage and the newly formed oss was woefully understaffed.it's important i think to remember that when you think of the oss, you generally think about the paramilitary and guerrilla operations. they get all the glory. you think of grainy images of agents parachuting behind enemy lines, but the fact of the matter is of the 13,000 employees, about 4500 of which were women, the vast majority spent their time writing reports, collecting and analyzing information, and planning...
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in afghanistan's illegal drugs straight ahead of russia's federal drop control service before even oss as a decade of military failures of the coalition forces in the country are helping watch his full interview in just over an hour here in r t but here's a quick preview. of this september will see the tenth anniversary of that interference it's longer the world war two but the situation in afghanistan hasn't improved and it's become even worse and even senior officials like general petraeus for example going to treat operation in afghanistan who would says the number of clashes there increases year after year in fact the number of clashes over the past ten years has increased more than a hundred times but i would say we have the assigned tasks been achieved but we see that the security in afghanistan has only gotten worse and it's said that our drug production cannot be full because it damages the security situation so it's a kind of closed. the scandal surrounding river murdoch's media empire has gone international after a u.s. senator has called for their own probe and to the news c
in afghanistan's illegal drugs straight ahead of russia's federal drop control service before even oss as a decade of military failures of the coalition forces in the country are helping watch his full interview in just over an hour here in r t but here's a quick preview. of this september will see the tenth anniversary of that interference it's longer the world war two but the situation in afghanistan hasn't improved and it's become even worse and even senior officials like general petraeus...
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when baker was in the cia it was called the oss, right? >> really? he looks good. >> did you hear that, andy? >> his advice for everything is let's ask the nazi scientists we brought over. >> they are providing us with serious info. >> i'm sure they r. >> operational intelligence. >> serious question. i think i sort of figured this out. when the government needs good pr, it tells us how successful we have been at fighting our enemies. when they want more power or money, they have to tell us how dangerous our enemies still are. >> the old dipsie do. >> this is why we have you on the show, mike. you learn things like this. >> that inspires a lot of confidence. >> this is why by the way we didn't capture bin laden when mike was asked to. >> he was living with bin laden. >> on behalf -- mike on behalf of a grateful nation, i would like to thank you for retiring. >> i could be really insulted right now. >> isn't it ironic? >> that is true, my friend. judge rules barking is not protected speech. it dismisses the claim his mutt knocking was protected. and t
when baker was in the cia it was called the oss, right? >> really? he looks good. >> did you hear that, andy? >> his advice for everything is let's ask the nazi scientists we brought over. >> they are providing us with serious info. >> i'm sure they r. >> operational intelligence. >> serious question. i think i sort of figured this out. when the government needs good pr, it tells us how successful we have been at fighting our enemies. when they want...
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oss against the yankee captain two hits shy of the 3,000 th milestone.s tarted losing since been a lot ofn? can't be the paycheck. once he hit nt of the ts is mark, though, likely this weekend in front of the home crowd, jeter will on major only the 20th player in major league history to accomplish this feat. so no sm so no small feat. new york >> those tickets are a hot item in new york city. we'll be right back with more "world news now." spending too many nights alone at the spacebar. will love ever find me? ♪ oh yes! ♪ what about love?! [ female announcer ] swiffer attracts dust. swiffer 360 dusters gets in hard to reach places. it picks up two times more dust than a feather duster using thousands of fluffy fibers to lock dust away. you're just my type! [ laughs ] [ female announcer ] ] swiffer gives cleaning a whole new meaning. zo >>> the casey anthony verdict is on a lot of people's minds. so it's probably no surprise that it was this week's top yahoo! search. >> that's right. other hot searches included former imf chief dominique strauss-kahn, su
oss against the yankee captain two hits shy of the 3,000 th milestone.s tarted losing since been a lot ofn? can't be the paycheck. once he hit nt of the ts is mark, though, likely this weekend in front of the home crowd, jeter will on major only the 20th player in major league history to accomplish this feat. so no sm so no small feat. new york >> those tickets are a hot item in new york city. we'll be right back with more "world news now." spending too many nights alone at the...