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OSS Training in the National Parks and Service Abroad in World War II
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OSS Training in the National Parks
and Service Abroad in World War II



By
John Whiteclay Chambers II



2008

U.S. National Park Service
Washington, D.C.



TABLE OF CONTENTS

Cover (PDF format)

Table of Contents (PDF format)

Author's Preface (PDF format)

Acknowledgments (PDF format)

Abbreviations (PDF format)

Introduction (PDF format)

Chapter 1 "Wild Bill" Donovan and the Origins of the OSS (PDF format)

Chapter 2 A Wartime Organization for Unconventional Warfare (PDF format)

Chapter 3 Catoctin and Prince William Parks Join the War Effort (PDF format)

Chapter 4 Converting Catoctin Mountain Park into Military Camps (PDF format)

Chapter 5 Transforming Prince William Forest Park into Military Camps (PDF format)

Chapter 6 Instructing for Dangerous Missions (PDF format)

Chapter 7 Daily Life in Camp, Park and Town (PDF format)

Chapter 8 OSS in Action: Mediterranean and European Theaters (PDF format)

Chapter 9 OSS in Action: The Pacific and the Far East (PDF format)

Chapter 10 Postwar Period: End of the OSS and Return to the Park Service (PDF format)

Chapter 11 Summary and Conclusion (PDF format)

References Cited (PDF format)

Illustrations (PDF format)

The Author (PDF format)



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