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
Washinton, D.C., and the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, MO.
Key documents:
- OSS Memo dated 03 September 1943. Subject: Coast Guardsmen; from Captain
Carl O. Hoffman to Captain Ward Davis discussing the use of Coast Guard men
for OSS Operations.
- Personnel records for 120 Coastguardsmen attached to the OSS during WWII
- Declassified Maritime Unit personnel rosters from Detachment 101, 404, and
505.
- The Maritime Unit Arakan Diary also referred to as the "Burma War Diary" from
the OSS Archive
- The "Webster Group" Files
- Original declassified flight logs from Detachment 404
- Declassified correspondence between General Donovan and the Commandant
of the United States Coast Guard
- OSS West Coast Training Center "5 Week Training Course" Master Outline
dated 13 September 1944
- Special Maritime Group #2 Training Schedule (26 April 1944)
- Bronze Star Citation for LT Booth, MM 1/C Everett McDonald, Bosn' 2/c Jack
Reeves, & Bosn' 2/c Gordon Thorigal for Meritorious Service with the OSS in CBI.
Awarded 3 October 1945
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