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The Double-Cross System: The Classic Account of World War Two Spy-Masters
By Sir John Masterman
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By Thomas H. Keith, J. Terry Riebling
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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 23189" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Best </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Ernest Exum</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>513 Parachute Infantry Regiment </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Private First Class </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>33850511 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>DATE OF DEATH</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>26th March 1945 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AGE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>22</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>GRAVESITE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Ardennes American Cemetery, Neupre, Belgium Plot D Row 2 Grave 23 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>from Halifax County, North Carolina</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 14.10.1922 Farmville, Pitt County, North Carolina, USA</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>father Floyd Cox Best (1893-1976)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>mother Minnie (nee Merritt) Best (1903-1984)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>4 years high school</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>civil occupation skilled occupations in manufacture of miscellaneous products</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>employed by NNS and DD Co.</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>single without dependents upon enlistment</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>30.06.1942 draft card Newport News, Virginia</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>entered service 31.3.1944 Fort George G Meade, Maryland</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Next of kin - Father. Mr. Floyd C. Best, Route #2, Halifax, North Carolina</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>01.1945 WIA</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>02.1945 released from hospital</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>KIA Germany </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/e-best.39743/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/custom_thumbnail/39/39743-3e4280cc72f7f248ed623eedc76e511b.jpg?1704569809" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/e-best-grave.39742/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/39/39742-9cf6777222071acdd612d17d5e1cd940.jpg?1704569438" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
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