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John L. Magruder (June 3, 1887 – April 30, 1958) was an American military and intelligence officer who was deputy director of the Office of Strategic Services and director of the Strategic Services Unit. He held the rank of brigadier general in the U.S. Army.
Assistant Secretary of War John J. McCloy was instrumental in preserving and maintaining the two branches of the OSS with a view to forming a permanent peace-time intelligence agency. The unit was established on October 1, 1945, through Executive Order 9621, which simultaneously abolished the OSS. [1] The SSU was headed by General John Magruder.
The Office of Strategic Services (OSS) was an intelligence agency of the United States during World War II.The OSS was formed as an agency of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) [3] to coordinate espionage activities behind enemy lines for all branches of the United States Armed Forces.
William Joseph "Wild Bill" [1] Donovan KBE (January 1, 1883 – February 8, 1959) was an American soldier, lawyer, intelligence officer and diplomat. He is best known for serving as the head of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), the precursor to the Bureau of Intelligence and Research and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), during World War II.
John Bankhead Magruder (May 1, 1807 [N 1] – February 18, 1871) often referred to as "Prince John Magruder", was an American and Confederate military officer. A graduate of West Point, Magruder served with distinction during the Mexican–American War (1846–1848) and was a prominent Confederate Army general during the American Civil War (1861–1865).
John Magruder may refer to: John Magruder (United States Army officer, born 1887) (1887–1958), Brigadier general in the United States Army John B. Magruder (1807–1871), military, in United States Army, Confederacy and Imperial Mexican Army
M. John D. MacDonald; Donald W. MacKinnon; William B. Macomber Jr. John Magruder (United States Army officer, born 1887) Frank J. Manheim; Golo Mann; Herbert Marcuse
The OSS, the major American foreign intelligence agency during World War II, interested de Silva. Although the OSS had been abolished in late 1945, core OSS functions were absorbed by a new military unit in the War Department: the SSU. It was headed by General John Magruder, formerly a deputy director of the OSS