OSS Agents in Repose, After the Guns Fell Silent

A French collector has amassed a treasure trove of snap shots the agents took of themselves and local comrades in the summer of 1945

It’s hard to believe now, but at the outset of World War Two America had no organization in charge of synchronizing intelligence gathered by the military services and State Department, much an outfit less to wage unconventional warfare against Germany and Japan. It wasn’t until June 13, 1942,  a little over six months after Japan’s surprise attack on Pe…