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If Mr. Ballone was OSS then his complete military records are likely preserved at the National Archives & Records Administration, 700 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20408 - Telephone USA (866) 272-6272 - CALL THEM - they are very helpful. You need to explain he was shot down over Italy...

Col. William Harding Jackson (1901-1971) received a second "Legion of Merit Medal" in 1945, signified by one Oak Leaf Cluster attached to the LOM ribbon. Note: The U.S. "Legion of Merit Medal" - America’s sixth highest military honor - is one of only two military service medals (the other...

William Harding Jackson (1901-1971) This is a photo (circa 16 June 1945) of Maj. Gen. William J. "Wild Bill" Donovan, Director of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) and US Army Colonel William Harding Jackson, US War Department Chief of Secret Intelligence (and Deputy G-2 of 12th Army...

William Harding Jackson (1901-1971) This is a post-WW-II photograph of U.S. Army/OSS Colonel William Harding Jackson (circa 1950) who served (1950-1951) as Deputy Director of Central Intelligence at CIA under Gen. Walter Bedell Smith (DCI) and Special Adviser to the Director of Central...

Belgium Croix de Guerre - William Harding Jackson (1901-1971) OSS Colonel Bill Jackson was awarded the Belgian "Croix de Guerre with Palm" after the war on 06May1946 which reads: "Croix de Guerre with Palm (Kingdom of Belgium) the Minister of National Defense has the honor to make known to...

French Croix de Guerre - William Harding Jackson (1901-1971) OSS Colonel Bill Jackson was awarded the French "Croix de Guerre with Palm Medal" by General de Gaulle which reads for the “Campaign for the Liberation of France from June to December, 1944. Decision Number 344. General De Gaulle...

Bronze Star - William Harding Jackson (1901-1971) On March 15, 1945, Colonel William Harding Jackson was awarded the "Bronze Star Medal", America’s fourth highest individual military award and the ninth highest in order of precedence (including unit awards) for his efforts in the Operation...

Legion of Merit - William Harding Jackson (1901-1971) Then LT. COL. William Harding "Bill" Jackson was awarded the U.S. "Legion of Merit" 17Mar1944 by General Dwight D. Eisenhower under ETOUSA General Order 25 "...for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services...

William Harding Jackson (1901-1971) Col. William Harding "Bill" Jackson (US Army Air Forces serial number 0900440) was born 25Mar1901 in the Belle Meade Plantation Mansion, Nashville, Tennessee, the only child of William Harding Jackson (1874-1903) and Anne Davis Richardson (1877-1954). At age...