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Oh hey Chris! Good to see you here again, completely off topic follow up: did you or your siblings ever end up writing about work your father did with three le

• ChrisMarshallNY 5y ago
  Good to see you. No, I suspect that we have all the information that we will get. He earned a bronze star, silver star, and a couple of purple hearts, during WWII (I only found one, but he was wounded at least twice -maybe they just award one). It earned my parents a place in Arlington, with the whole caisson/21-gun salute thing, but we have no idea why he got them. There was a big fire, in St. Louis, in the 1950s (I think), that destroyed a lot of records. Forget hearing anything he did with The Company. He was one of the first field agents. I think he may have been recruited in the first year or so of the agency. We think at least one of his brothers may also have been a "company man," but we'll never know. He took that secret to the grave.
  • haimez 5y ago
    If you haven’t tried already and you’re interested, you might try filing a FOIA request for any documents that the company might have. The early days OSS / SSU documents are largely public information these days and when they’re not, it can be the result of an oversight that a request reviewer might notice if prompted. I don’t think much of anything from that era is currently considered to be sensitive information.
    • ChrisMarshallNY 5y ago
      Didn't think of that. Good idea!