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| Wild Bill Donovan, The Grandfather of American Intelligence |
| 2021-07-14 |
| [SOFrep] On July 11, 1941, President Roosevelt appointed William “Wild Bill” Donovan to head up a civilian intelligence-gathering organization. And the face of American intelligence would change forever. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #3 Donovan was fought tooth and nail by Hoover and his FBI. Hoover won Latin America, but Donovan took the rest. |
| Posted by: Gerthudion Whomoper3485 2021-07-14 17:48 |
| #2 One of my heroes as a kid. A big difference between the man and his bureaucratic offspring is that Wild Bill was on our side. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2021-07-14 13:12 |
| #1 My favorite stories about him came from the upper end of the Depression. He was making a mid 6 figure income as a corporate lawyer. But he would drop everything including but not limited to meetings in progress if any of his boys from the 69th showed up. A lot of them on hard times he made sure they left with a 'loan' or took them downstairs to sit with them while they had a decent meal. Haven't been a fan of his bureaucratic offspring for some time. But the man himself was as fine an officer in as dire a time as we have ever fielded. |
| Posted by: Cesare 2021-07-14 13:01 |