Gates, Panetta Join Effort To Get CIA Forerunners Congressional Gold Medal -- FOX News
Long before the emergence of the CIA and other Cold War spy agencies, a small-but-daring group of Americans became the country’s invisible eyes and ears, helping defeat the Axis powers of WWII.
Now, almost 70 years later, descendants and other supporters of the members of the Office of Strategic Services are asking Congress to award them the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian honor.
The agency was formed in 1942 to coordinate U.S. Armed Forces espionage activity and was the predecessor to America’s intelligence and special-operations communities. It was founded and led by Gen. William "Wild Bill" Donovan, whom President Roosevelt called his "secret legs."
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