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| About the Research |
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| This research is based on primary source documentation provided by the OSS/USCG veterans and their families, declassified archived information from the OSS Archive in Washington, D.C., and the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, MO. To date over 3000 declassified documents and photos have been acquired and digitized. Key documents:
Master list of Coast Guard men from the O.S.S. Maritime Unit during World War II: It is important to note that this list is not all inclusive . It only includes Coast Guard men attached to the OSS. Future updates will include all men attached to the OSS Maritime Unit. Coast Guard men made up approximately 1/3 of the entire OSS Maritime Unit out of a total of 226. Although all services were included (Navy, Army, and Marines), it was the special relationship between General Donovan, head of the OSS, and Admiral Waesche, Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, that allowed for so much Coast Guard support. Both Coast Guard files and declassified OSS Personnel files have been copied and digitized for this research for most all of the men listed. If you are a family member of one of the men listed, and are interested in a copy of the file, please fill out the "Contact Us" section on the web site. Future updates will include a photo and short biography of each man. Maritime Unit Operational Swimmer Groups (O.S.G. Frogmen) L Unit #2 (Initial Field Stage/supplemental cadre deployed to UK and the European Theater of Operations 12 January 1944 – 22 June 1944: BM3/c Orville W. Anderson, USCG CWO Robert L. Butt, USCGR BM1/c Harry D. Caylor, USCG S 1/c Richard S. Kimbell, USCG (Bronze Star & Air Medal) BM1/c Robert E. Radke, USCG Operational Swimmer Group I trained in Coronado and the Bahamas and was later assigned and integrated into the U.S. Navy Underwater Demolition Team 10 in the Pacific Theater July 1944 – July 1945: ENS Arthur O. Garrett, USCGR (Silver Star) BM1/c Rollo Beck, USCGR (Bronze Star) BM1/c Robert K. Hobbs, USCGR (Bronze Star) BM1/c William D. Hopper, USCGR (Bronze Star) BM1/c Raymond K. Mulhern, USCGR (Bronze Star) BM2/c Nicolaus Nikolenko, USCGR (Bronze Star) MoMM1/c Robert K. Parker, USCGR (Bronze Star) BM2/c Gordon K. Riser, USCGR (Bronze Star) GM1/c Robert D. Scoles, USCGR (Bronze Star) Operational Swimmer Group II trained in Coronado, the Bahamas, and Guantanamo Bay and was deployed to Burma, Ceylon, and Kandy in the China, Burma, and India Theater January 1944 – 15 April 1945. O.S.G. II was attached to O.S.S. Detachment 101, 404, and 505. LT John P. Booth, USCGR (Bronze Star/CO of O.S.G. II) CPHM Herman Becker, USCG COX John C. Carroll, USCGR (Bronze Star) CBM James R. Eubank, USCGR COX Donald W. Fulton, USCGR RM1/c John H. Harrigan, USCGR MoMM1/c Everett W. MacDonald, USCGR (Bronze Star) CWO Thomas O. Medlicott, USCGR BM2/c Gerald Puetz, USCGR BM1/c Louis Pulgencio, USCGR COX Jack Reeves, USCGR (Bronze Star) COX Gordon P. Thorigal, USCGR (Bronze Star) MoMM1/c George E. Webster, USCGR (Commandant’s Citation) BM2/c Eugene M. Ward, USCGR BM2/c Carl Spohn, USCGR Operational Swimmer Group III was trained in the Bahamas and deployed to Ceylon attached to O.S.S. Detachment 101 in SEAC from October 1944 – January 1945. CWO Robert L. Butt, USCGR S1/c Richard S. Kimball, USCG (Bronze Star & Air Medal) BM3/c Orville Anderson, USCG COX Bud Millen, USCG BM2/c James Talmadge, USCGR MoMM2/c Robert Talmadge, USCGR O.S.S. Maritime Unit Special Operations (non-swimmers) attached to O.S.S. Detachment 101, 404 & 505 in the China, Burma, India Theater: BM2/c Arthur Babst, USCGR BM1/c James B. Daniel, USCGR BM2/c Dean C. Kimbell, USCGR COX Wilbur T. Lee, USCGR MoMM1/c William McPheat, USCGR (Air Medal) BM2/c Lyman C. Wells, USCGR (Air Medal) GM3/c Carlton F. Young, USCGR BMC Eugene Nicolaisen, USCGR BM1/c Robert Crisman, USCGR BM2/c Joseph S. Finch, USCGR BM1/c Leslie C. Guthrie, USCGR GM3/c Richard H. Harstedt, USCGR CWO Tugg Heimerll, USCG (ret) BM1/c James J. Hogan, USCGR BM1/c Kenneth A. Cathell, USCG (Silver Life Saving Medal) O.S.S. Special Intelligence YNC Ceaser Tarrallo, USCGR O.S.S. West Coast Schools & Training LCDR Howard Shelby USCG (CO of Boats and Crews) CWO Wilfred Keil, USCG (XO of Boats and Crews) CBM Charles T. Hotchkiss, USCG EM1/c Richard L. Madden, USCGR MoMM1/c Everett A. Monroe, USCGR MoMM1/c Laurence K. Brooks, USCGR MoMM2/c Ellis W. Taylor, USCGR MoMM2/c Royal Dye, USCGR MoMM2/c Russell F. Fawley, USCGR EM2/c Harvey J. Smith, USCGR EM2/c Edward L. Malloy, USCGR MoMM3/c B.F. Engledow, USCGR YN3/c A. A. Neudecker, USCGR COX Donald W. Kruger, USCGR COX Jerry S. Kuser, USCGR MoMM2/c Merle Saunders, USCGR CM3/c Joseph Thiele, USCGR MoMM2/c Jay C. Hills, USCGR S1/c Elmer Daniels, USCGR COX William Fallis, USCGR COX Thomas Hebel, USCGR S1/c Edward Koch, USCGR AS Curtis Ladi, USCGR MoMM2/c Raymond Ogle, USCGR S1/c Newall J. Patton, USCGR |