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Major General William Joseph "Wild Bill" Donovan, KBE USA (January 1, 1883 – February 8, 1959) was an American soldier, lawyer and intelligence officer, best remembered as wartime head of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS).
William Donovan in Worldwar
William "Wild Bill" Donovan was an American general and commander of the US's covert force, the Office of Strategic Services, during World War II and the war against the Race's Conquest Fleet.
In 1944, after a cease-fire had been reached between the Big Five independent powers and the Race, Donovan was stationed in Hot Springs, Arkansas. As his job required him to "know everything", Donovan made himself fluent in the Race's language, a fact which surprised then-sergeant Sam Yeager when the two met. Donovan consulted Yeager on the explosive-metal bomb that the US military had delivered to Arkansas from Denver. Yeager had an admittedly rudimentary grasp of the technology of the bomb, but shared everything he could with Donovan.[1]
References
- ↑ Striking the Balance, pgs. 386-389.
| Political offices (OTL) | ||
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| New office | Coordinator of Information 1941–1942 |
Succeeded by Himself as Director of the Office of Strategic Services |
| Preceded by Himself as Coordinator of Information |
Director of the Office of Strategic Services 1942–1945 |
Succeeded by John Magruder as Director of the Strategic Services Unit |
| Preceded by Edwin F. Stanton |
United States Ambassador to Thailand 1953–1954 |
Succeeded by John Peurifoy |
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| Preceded by Charles H. Tuttle |
Republican nominee for Governor of New York 1932 |
Succeeded by Robert Moses |
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